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LOT 3486
Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. Near Extremely Fine.(3.03gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT • AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding ribbon over shield on low base. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 247 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 206. 3.06gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near 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. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; AQP (or AQ•P?) in exergue. Unpublished with this mintmark or RIC VI 29b. 9.83gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 187-188. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC III 167; BMCRE 245; RSC 532. 3.16gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
