LOT 3157
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 253-254. 1st emission. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PACATORI ORBIS, Jupiter seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left; at his feet, eagle standing to left, head to right. RIC V.1 294 (Viminacium) var. (bust type); MIR 36, 1562d; RSC 714 (Viminacium) var. (same). Near Extremely Fine.(3.05gr, 24mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears and poppy with her right hand and cornucopia with her left; [EPHE (ligate) in exergue]. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. 2.92gr, 17mm, 7h
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Died AD 161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to right on altar, head turned to left. RIC III 431 [Aurelius]; RSC 156. 3.00gr, 18mm, 12h
Very fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITV, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59 var. (MILITVM); RIC V.4 -; RSC 67a var. (same). 3.17gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished variant or reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
