LOT 3709
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right presenting wreath to Aurelian standing to left; V between; XXI in exergue. RIC 386. Very Fine.(4.63gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMNΒ in exergue. RIC 15. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Circa mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). 2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Numerian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 386 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Lugdunum); for reverse cf. RIC V.2 861 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Serdica). 4.19gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
