LOT 3469
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FID[ES EQVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377; RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. Good Very Fine.(2.56gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and transverse sceptre; S in right field, XXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 720. 3.98gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1495; Cohen 140. 2.93gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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.
