LOT 3151
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Rome mint; struck AD 85. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / Mars advancing to left, holding Victory and trophy; S C across fields. RIC II 301B var. (CENS PER); Cohen 429. Good Very Fine. Tooled.(11.90gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex The Coin Cabinet Ltd, The Euclidean Collection, 28 March 2024, lot 98.
Acquired from David Miller, August 2017.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10
Mediolanum mint; struck circa AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped, [and cuirassed?] bust to right, seen from behind / FIDES [MIL]IT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149; cf. Cohen 89; cf. MER-RIC 57. 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Ticinum mint; struck AD 275. 6th officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides standing to right, holding standard in each hand, facing Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; UIXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 9; MER-RIC 1558 (temporary). 4.28gr, 24mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, circa early or mid AD 268. 1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V 378 var. (no officina; Postumus); CGE 498 (Postumus); AGK 18c (Postumus); RSC 60 (Postumus). 3.87gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
