LOT 3010
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 274-275.
Siscia mint. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, clasping hand of Concordia standing to left; XXIVI in exergue. RIC V.1 244; MER-RIC 2389 (temporary). Very Fine.(3.48gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IM[...]G, radiate head to right / Incuse of obverse? 2.60gr, 21mm.
Very Fine. Brockage example.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 276-282. 4th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD MILIT, emperor standing to right, clasping hand of Concordia; Δ between; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 651. 3.65gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
