LOT 3300
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-[BIS], female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XX[I] in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(3.90gr, 24mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing to left, holding grounded shield and spear; star in right field. RIC IV 187; RSC 135a. 3.10gr, 21mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
From Besançon Numismatique, 28 April 2015. -
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left, head to right. RIC V.1 266; MER-RIC 1278 (temporary). 3.20gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint; struck AD 327-328. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, soldier standing to left, head to right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield set on ground to right; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 22. 3.73gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
