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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Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, holding two infants in her arms; STR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 483. 2.58gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Two [2] AE Issues of Allectus. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A bronze quinarius and antoninianus of Allectus. 5.98gr total, 20-21mm.
Uncleaned 'as found'.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. 3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included.
