LOT 3720
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint.
2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust to left / Lupa Romana suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TR•S in exergue. RIC 542. Good Very Fine.(2.32gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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. 2.66gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 178. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
L AVREL COMMODVS AVG TR P III, laureate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LIBERTAS AVG IM[P II] COS P P, Libertas standing facing, head to left, holding pileus in right hand and sceptre in left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1590 (Marcus Aurelius); cf. Cohen 330. 22.56gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 264-265. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33.
