LOT 2975
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.(2.85gr, 19mm, 6h.).
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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Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, raising veil with right hand and holding transverse sceptre with left; Q in exergue. RIC V.1 25 (Gallienus); RSC 94a. 4.04gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Ephesus mint; struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VES[PAS AVG CO]S II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram; all within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; RPC II 822; BMC 439. 3.32gr, 17mm, 2h.
About Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint; struck AD 108-109. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopiae with left. RIC II p. XIV, addenda to p.252; BMCRE 281; Woytek 278b; RSC 85. 3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
