LOT 3402
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 335-337. 2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALB in exergue. RIC VII 70. Extremely Fine.(2.94gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Contemporary imitation. IMP C POSTVMVS [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding cow's udder with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V 330. 2.61gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre. RIC V.1 98; MER-RIC 184 (temporary). 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. 1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
