LOT 2933
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 9th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, capricorn to right; N below. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 732b; RSC 667. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Very rare officina.(3.28gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 351-353. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. 5.60gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antonianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 266. 2nd officina. SALON[INA AVG], diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / AVG [IN] PACE, Salonina seated to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre in left; MS in exergue. RIC V 58; MIR 36, 1374e; RSC 17. 2.69gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Silvering almost fully intact. Flan crack at 6h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing facing, head to left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 142b (Decius); RSC 11. 2.88gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
