LOT 2976
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. Very Fine.(3.03gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesAureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VIRT-VS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. RIC V.2 78; RIC V.4 562; Elmer 699. 2.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Late Roman Emperors AE Coins. AD 335-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group of bronze issues of Delmatius (AD 335-337), Theodosius I (AD 379-395), and Arcadius (AD 383-408). 2.86gr total, 10-14mm.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 3rd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; Γ in left field, ✶SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85a. 8.98gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
