LOT 2938
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Samosata mint; struck AD 259. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, emperor standing to right, holding spear, receiving wreath from Roma standing to left, holding pear and shield, wreath in field above. RIC V.1 (joint reign) 457 var. (emperor receiving Victory); MIR 1704b; RSC 1266. Good Very Fine.(4.40gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
London mint; struck AD 293-295. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S A across fields, ML in exergue. RIC V 28; Burnett 15; Webb 27. 2.47gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector; Property of an Essex gentleman. -
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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising bronze Ases of Agrippa (63-12 BC), Caligula (AD 37-41), Nero (AD 54-68 ) and Dupondius of Divus Augustus (struck under Tiberius). 35.77gr total, 26-28mm.
Fine to Near Very Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
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.
