LOT 2914
Divus Valerian II BI Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Rome mint; struck AD 258. 2nd-5th emission. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261g; RSC 12. Good Very Fine.(3.03gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P VII COS II P P, emperor as Romulus, advancing to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and trophy with left. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 507-510; RSC 351. 2.90gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). 4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on shield and holding inverted spear in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 - (unlisted bust type); MIR 1150k. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Intact silvering. Very rare bust type.
From a London collection, 1990s.
