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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. 2.54gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 2.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
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. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
