LOT 2950
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.(4.55gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Aquileia mint; struck AD 320. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines between two captives seated on the ground either side; S-F across fields, AQP in exergue. RIC VI 48. 2.89gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 231. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P X COS III P P, Mars standing to left, holding spear with left hand and resting his right hand on shield set on ground. RIC IV 108; BMCRE 774; RSC 409. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
This coin published at www.wildwinds.com; Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 58-64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head to left, globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm frond; II in exergue. RIC I 410; C. 346; BMCRE 350. 13.66gr, 29mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
