LOT 2925
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing, head to left, extending right arm and holding globe with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 611 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 1663i; RSC 989. Good Very Fine.(3.91gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]RICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [...]TAS AVG[...], pontifical implements. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 255 & 258. 2.06gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICT GERMANICA, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy and treading on enemy at foot. RIC V.1 44 (Joint Reign); RSC 1060; MIR 893h. 3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor, BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Londinium (London) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with mast and cabin, five or four rowers, three single waves and QL below. RIC V 55; cf. Rogiet 1016; cf. Burnett, Coinage 113. 2.52gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
