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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Domitian AR Denarius. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 95-96. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV, laureate head to right / IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear with right hand. RIC II.1 790; BMCRE 235; RSC 290. 3.32gr, 18mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor AE Denarius. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
'RSR' mint(?). IMP CARAVSIVS [P AVG?], laureate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCO[...], Concordia, draped, standing to right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hand with soldier, wearing military attire, standing to left and holding spear in left hand; RSR(?) in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 200-201. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head to right / P M TR P VIII COS II P P, Victory flying to left holding open wreath in both hands over round shield set on low base. RIC IV 150; BMCRE 175; RSC 454. 3.34gr, 19mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
