LOT 2935
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XV P P, Neptune standing facing, head to left, right foot on prow, holding trident with left hand; VIIC• in exergue. RIC V.1 603 (sole reign); MIR 1638a; RSC 849. Near Extremely Fine.(3.07gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. 12th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETI[TIA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor set on globe; XII in right field. Cf. RIC V.1 22; cf. MER-RIC 1202 (temporary). 2.43gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and inverted spear in his left; behind, shield set on ground; II in exergue. RIC V.2 42; Cohen 365. 4.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC V.1, 54; MER-RIC 250 (temporary). 4.31 gr, 22 mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
