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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Claudius I AE As. Circa AD 41-50. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bare head to left / Minerva standing to right, hurling javelin and holding rounded shield; S C across lower fields. For prototype, cf. RIC I 100, Cohen 83, BMCRE 149. 5.25gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T] DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 14.85gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome. -
Zeno AE 8mm. AD 476-491. Uncertain mint or Thessalonica.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N ZENO P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of emperor Zeno (type 2) within wreath, no mark in exergue. RIC X, 958-959. 0.82gr, 8mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 51, 21 July 2019, lot 736 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
