LOT 2978
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. 1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC -; Cunetio 2480; Elmer 612. Good Very Fine.(2.05gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Titus, as Caesar AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 77-78. T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR, laureate head to right / Spes advancing to left, holding flower and raising her skirt. RIC II.1 786 (Vespasian). 7.56gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 2.13gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 283-284. 6th officina. IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVGG, Providentia standing to left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia, modius at foot; VIXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 447. 3.52gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
