LOT 3695
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. Near Very Fine.(3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C VICTORIN[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered inscription, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. 2.42gr, 19mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Tacitus and Gallienus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of P M TR [...] P P, Neptune standing facing, head to left, right foot on prow, holding trident with left hand; [...]C in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (Tacitus); for reverse cf. RIC V.1 603 (Gallienus). 3.85gr, 26mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor in military attire standing to left, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 54 (Lugdunum). 4.00gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
