LOT 3471
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 3rd officina.
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS • EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. Very Fine.(3.59gr, 22mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RES in exergue. RIC VI 258. 5.75gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very 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. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Hercules standing to left, holding branch and club, lion skin draped over arm. RIC IV 206a; BMCRE 48; RSC 220. 3.31gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є(?) below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. 3.32gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
