LOT 3158
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERM, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left; at feet, captive. RIC V.1 175 (joint reign); MIR 117k; RSC 1162. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(2.69gr, 21mm, 5h).
ProvenanceFrom a London collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3158
Gallienus BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 77-78. "Judaea Capta" commemorative. IMP CAES VESPASIAN [...], laureate head to right / IVDAEA CAPTA, Judaea seated to right on cuirass in attitude of mourning, surrounded by arms, resting her head on her left hand; behind, palm tree. Cf. RIC II.1 1233; cf. Cohen 240. 10.64gr, 28mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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). 3.05gr, 24mm, 11h
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome mint. Struck AD 171-172. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right; drapery on far shoulder / IMP VI COS III, Roma, helmeted, seated to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear in her left; shield by her side decorated with Medusa's head (?); S C across fields. RIC III, - (cf. 1033, no drapery); BMCRE - (cf. 1416, same). 27.19 gr, 30mm, 1h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Nice olive green patina. Unpublished variant in the major references.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
