LOT 3072
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 297-299.
Cyzicus mint. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; KB in exergue. RIC VI 11a. Near Extremely Fine.(8.91gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 184-185.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated to right on shields, inscribing shield set on lap; S C across lower fields, VICT BRIT in exergue. RIC III 452; C. 946; BMCRE 560. 16.11gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. 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. 3.03gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE Sestertius. AD 37-41.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint; struck AD 37-41. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head to left / S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37; Cohen 24; BMCRE 38; BN 50. 24.28gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; Ex Divus Numismatik (dealer's ticket included).
