LOT 3472
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus. 2nd officina.
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. Very Fine.(3.24gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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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. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 71. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. 3.30gr, 17mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Roman Imperial Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors. 32.29gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK.
