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LOT 2922
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. Near Extremely Fine.(3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standards; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149 (bust type); Huvelin, 'Chronologie du règne de Claude II le Gothique,' QT XXI (1992), pg. 312; Venèra 9251; cf. Cohen 89 (same). 2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.37gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
