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LOT 3671
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck circa early or mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus.
1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V 378 var. (no officina; Postumus); CGE 498 (Postumus); AGK 18c (Postumus); RSC 60 (Postumus). Good Very Fine.(3.87gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
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Fausta BI Nummus. AD 326. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
3rd officina. FL MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REI PVBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two children; R(wreath)T in exergue. RIC VII 293. 2.84gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding snake from patera. RIC IV 140; BMCRE 28 note; RSC 258. 2.73gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light toning.
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. -
Vandals, Uncertain AE Nummus. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bust to right / Monogram(?) within wreath. Cf. BMC Vandals pl. 4. 0.56gr, 9mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
