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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Nero AE Dupondius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated to right, resting elbow on back of chair and head on hand, holding sceptre; torch standing on bucranium and leaning against garlanded altar to right, S C in exergue. RIC I 518; Cohen 324; BMCRE 341. 12.88gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant light green patina.
Ex UK private collection. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 276/7. 7th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; Z• between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920; probuscoins.fr 2707. 3.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theodora AE 14mm. Died before AD 337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 337-340. 2nd officina. FL MAX THEODORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant; TRS(feather) in exergue. RIC VIII 91. 1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
