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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Constantius II AR Reduced Siliqua. AD 355-360.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Arelate mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; SCON in exergue. RIC VIII 261 and 291; RSC 342-3r. 1.96gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Essex, UK. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 308-310.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint; struck AD 309. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, holding patera with right hand, from which liquid pours, and cornucopia with left; O above I in right field, ANT • in exergue. RIC VI 112a. 6.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint, 10th emission of Carinus and Numerian, AD 284. 2nd officina. Consecration issue. DIVO CARO PIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left, head to right; II in exergue. RIC V.2 29; Lyon 623. 3.43gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
