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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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; KЄ in exergue. RIC VI 10b. 9.94gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Jovian AR Siliqua. AD 363-364. Constantinople(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Laurel wreath enclosing VOT V MVL X in four lines; TCONST(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 331. 1.66gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; KЄ in exergue. RIC VI 10b. 10.46gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
