LOT 3470
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint.
IMP PO[STVMVS] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VIRTV]S EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield. Cf. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388. Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Much of the original silvering remaining.(2.37gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. 4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding standard with cross on the banner and resting other hand on shield; in front two bound captives, kneeling to left with their heads turned towards one another; star in left field; SMKЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 84. 4.05gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 307. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple, plain pediment; R(star)Q in exergue. RIC VI 196. 5.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
