LOT 3703
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 / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377 (Postumus); RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. Very Fine.(2.47gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3703
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Rome mint.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant walking to left, guided by mahout. RIC IV 58; RSC 17. 4.08gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. Struck AD 313. Siscia mint. Uncertain officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, to left, eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; officina letter to right; SIS in exergue. RIC VI 233a. 2.97gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constans BI Nummus. AD 348-350. Siscia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier advancing to right, head to left, holding spear and leading small figure from hut beneath tree; ΔSIS(symbol) in exergue. RIC VIII 212. 4.16gr, 23mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
