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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Titus AE Sestertius. AD 80-81. Flavian Latin mint in Thrace.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head to right / Mars walking to right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder; S C across field. RIC II 182 (Lugdunum); BMCRE 310 (Lugdunum); RPC II 502; Cohen 203. 24.42gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 1-2; RSC 222a. 2.98gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very 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. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 124-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; C. 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
