LOT 3416
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-221. Rome mint.
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, emptying cornucopia held with both hands; in field to right, eight-pointed star. RIC IV 56; BMC 192; Cohen 1. Near Extremely Fine.(2.82gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); cf. RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.78gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing facing, head to left, drawing veil and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 58b (Decius); RSC 17. 4.29gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVA, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC V.1 143 (joint reign); RSC 351. 4.16gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
