LOT 3670
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus.
2nd officina. 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. Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(2.66gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT ORBIS, Securitas seated to left, holding sceptre and propping head on hand. RIC IV 48b; RSC 215. 4.35gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 4, 29 November 2018, lot 878 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
2nd(?) officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX, written in three lines, surmounted by globe, three stars above; [S?]TR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with dark green deposits.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 829; Cohen 59. 13.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
