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LOT 3193
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 267-268.
Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus. Struck AD 268. IMP POSTVMVS [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear with right and shield with left hand; T below. RIC V.2 388; C. 441; Mairat 506. Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Some silvering remaining.(2.75gr, 20mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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Carausius and Allectus AE Antoninianii Group. AD 286-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group comprising: five Carausius Antoninianii of various issues, and an Allectus Quinarius minted at Colchester. 18.79gr total, 18-25mm
Mostly Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
