LOT 3585
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Aquileia mint. 3rd officina.
CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding phoenix on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner, on galley steered by Victory seated in the stern; AQT• in exergue. RIC VIII 97. Good Very Fine.(6.30gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Domitian AR Denarius. AD 88. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIIII, laureate head to right / IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear. RIC II.1 773; BMCRE 226; RSC 286. 3.08gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. 2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
