LOT 3608
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Z 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 3110. Very Fine.(3.34gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.44gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 264-267. Rome mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield; H in left field. RIC V.1 236 (sole reign); MIR 570a var. (H in left field); RSC 617a. 2.83gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Mint State. Much silvering remaining.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 106, 16 February 2023, lot 1067. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
