LOT 2944
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 260-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to left, holding globe and spear; P in right field. RIC V.1 317 (sole reign); MIR 344a; RSC 1225a. Very Fine.(3.36gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX A[VG], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right and sceptre with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100, 212 & 248. 1.72gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Treveri mint; struck AD 350-Spring 351. 1st officina. IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REI PVBLICE, Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 264; Bastien 24. 4.98gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Compton Dunton Hoard; Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). 2.76gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
