LOT 3239
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 264. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XII C VI P P, emperor on horseback to left, raising right hand and holding spear with left. RIC V -; Cohen 840; MIR 1621i. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare type; only one other example on CoinArchives (Paul-Francis Jacquier 45, 1040; hammer: EUR 380).(3.21gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 2.88gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 213. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate head to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 236; BMCRE 62; RSC 166. 2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270. 2nd officina. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing to left, holding two standards, S in exergue. RIC V.1 52 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 1116 (temporary). 1.96gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
