LOT 4158
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275. Tripolis mint.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, Oriens standing to right, crowning Aurelian standing to left, extending hand and holding sceptre, T between; XXI(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC V online 3192. Near Very Fine.(3.47gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4158
Aurelian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Gallienus AV Aureus. AD 260-268. Rome mint.
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, draped, standing to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left. RIC V.1 90e; Göbl 406l. 2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Exceptionally Rare; no others on CoinArchives, thus the first to come to auction in at least 20 years.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 324. London mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy and palm, trampling captive seated on ground to right; PLON(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 290; C&T 10.01.003. 3.75gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From Trau collection, 1935. Ex Baldwin's, London, UK. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Divus Augustus AE Sestertius. AD 21-22. Rome mint.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,890
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. 25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.
Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523. Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
