LOT 3153
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 266. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES AVG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 607 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1667k; RSC 219. Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.(4.03gr, 22mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head to left, small globe at point of bust / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding cornucopiae with left hand and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with right; S C across fields. RIC I 534; BMCRE 371. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 289. 2nd officina. IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, in the guise of Hercules, holding club over his right shoulder and wearing lion skin over his left / VIRTVTI AVGG, Hercules standing to right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock; S in left field. RIC V.2 465. 2.58gr, 20mm, 1h
Very Fine. Very rare bust type.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over lit altar to left and holding incense box with left hand. RIC IV 264 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 72 (Elagabalus); RSC 30. 4.77gr, 22mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
