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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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 17a. 10.08gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julian II BI 28mm. AD 361-363. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVB •, bull standing to right, two stars above; •CONSPA(palm branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 162. 8.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, Antelope standing to left; U[I?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IV 21. 4.79gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
