LOT 2927
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with gorgon / GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy, captive bound to left and right. RIC V.1 18 (Joint Reign); MIR 872m; RSC 310. Very Fine.(3.58gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being. -
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laodicea mint. Struck under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, circa AD 202-203. P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bareheaded and draped bust to right / MARTI VICTORI, Mars, nude but for cloak flying from his waist, advancing to right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC IV 103; RSC 76. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 307-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck circa May to end of November AD 307. D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing chlamys, towered head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 90; C&T 5.01.003; RML 189. 7.45gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
