LOT 2955
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Mediolanum mint. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and supporting anchor; S in exergue. RIC V.1 226. Good Very Fine.(3.07gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua. AD 383-388.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Treveri mint; struck AD 383-388. D N MAG MA[X]IMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS RO[MANORVM], Roma seated to left on throne, holding globe and sceptre; [TRPS] in exergue. RIC IX 84b.1 corr. (sceptre not spear); RSC 20†a corr. (same). 1.32gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly double struck on obverse.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector; Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Aelius, Caesar AR Denarius. AD 136-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2625; BMCRE 981-2 (Hadrian); RSC 1. 2.61gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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.
