LOT 3149
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to left / VICTORIA AVG [VII?], Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.1 526. Good Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.(2.59gr, 21mm, 12h).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75. -
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Colonia Agrippinensis mint. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTV-S AVG, soldier standing facing, head to left, leaning on shield with right hand and holding spear with left. RIC V.2 19; Cunetio 2512; Elmer 640 ('Treveri'). 2.55gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Black patina with brown highlights. Flan crack at 3h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
An exceptional issue of a very rare emperor. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield and spearing enemy on ground before him, broken spear and shield beneath horse; TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 271. 4.34gr, 23mm, 6h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
