LOT 3484
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antioch mint; 2nd officina.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; B below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (reverse bust type). Good Very Fine.(3.57gr, 20mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. After AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. 2.54gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Mamaea AR Denarius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VESTA, Vesta standing facing, head to left, holding palladium and sceptre. RIC IV 360 (Sev. Alexander); BMCRE 381 (Sev. Alexander); RSC 81. 3.63gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
