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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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). 7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.
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. -
![Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/244026-s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various emperors. 35.71gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IVLIA MAMAEA [AVGVSTA], diademed and draped bust to right / V[E]S[T]A, Vesta, veiled, standing to left, holding palladium and sceptre; [S] C across fields. RIC IV 708 (Alexander); Cohen 311; BMCRE 389 (Alexander). 19.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
