LOT 3153
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. 3rd officina. IMP POSTV[MVS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS • EQVIT •, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. Good Very Fine.(2.06gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3153
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate bust or head to right / SOLI INV-[...], radiate Sol standing facing, head to left, right hand raised and holding globe(?) in left. 5.01gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With an impression of the obverse on one side, and the reverse on the other, of the coin being counterfeited this ancient forger's casting mould would have been stacked with others, the molten metal being poured from above and allowed to cool. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Rome mint; struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. 2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Mint error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
