LOT 2949
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 9th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp to right; N below. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 743b; RSC 667. Near Extremely Fine(3.02 gr, 22 mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Group of Eight [8] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 22.91gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 3.03gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck 15-10 BC. CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. 11.58gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
