LOT 2920
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck after AD 257. 4th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing to left, veiling face and holding sceptre; Q to right. RIC V.1 272 (sole reign); Cohen 893. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare reverse type.(3.62gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Seventy-One [71] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 504gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre with her left. RIC IV 268; RSC 314. 2.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; [T?] in exergue. RIC V.2 388; Cohen 441. 2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
