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LOT 3437
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing to left on galley holding phoenix on globe and labarum with Christogram; at stern sits Victory, steering the ship; TESA below. RIC VIII 109. Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.(4.60gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Rome mint. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTAE, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding perfume box; S C across field. RIC IV 208a (Philip I); Cohen 46. 20.56gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Antioch mint; struck AD 264. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XII C VI P P, emperor on horseback to left, raising right hand and holding spear with left. RIC V -; Cohen 840; MIR 1621i. 3.21gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare type; only one other example on CoinArchives (Paul-Francis Jacquier 45, 1040; hammer: EUR 380).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.37gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
