LOT 3055
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291.
Lugdunum mint. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. Good Very Fine.(4.23gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nero AE Dupondius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated to right, resting elbow on back of chair and head on hand, holding sceptre; torch standing on bucranium and leaning against garlanded altar to right, S C in exergue. RIC I 518; Cohen 324; BMCRE 341. 12.88gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant light green patina.
Ex UK private collection. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
In the name and types of Postumus. Mediolanum mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONC[ORD E]QVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; cf. RIC V.4 (Postumus) 446; Elmer 613. 2.64gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
