LOT 3262
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Mediolanum mint; struck mid AD 268. In the name and types of Postumus. 2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONC[ORD E]QVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; cf. RIC V.4 (Postumus) 446; Elmer 613. Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(2.64gr, 21mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Magentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(star) in exergue. RIC VIII 14. 4.55gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Twenty Four [24] Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various types. 138gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
