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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Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 58-64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head to left, globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm frond; II in exergue. RIC I 410; C. 346; BMCRE 350. 13.66gr, 29mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.34gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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.
