LOT 3485
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. Very Fine.(3.32gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.01gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Julian II AE 25mm. AD 360-363. Contemporary imitation of the Ludgunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. 6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
