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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Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 361-363. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right, two stars above, ΑΝΤΔ between palm branches in exergue. RIC 220; LRBC 264. 9.02gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. With dark brown patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 274-275. Antioch mint. 2nd or 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing to left, holding standard in each hand; S in lower left central field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.1 20; MER-RIC 3179 & 3189 (temporary). 4.70gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent out of patera. RIC V.1 (Gallienus) 88 var.; Cohen 105; MIR 1656h. 3.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
