LOT 3232
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 265-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing facing, head to left, legs crossed, leaning on column with left arm and holding sceptre with right hand. RIC V.1 516 (Mediolanum, sole reign); MIR 591w; RSC 962. Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.(4.58gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 276-282. 4th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing to left, right hand raised, left holding globe; XXIQ in exergue. RIC V.2 671. 4.52gr, 23mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus in right hand and transverse sceptre in left. RIC II 7; BMCRE 17; RSC 106; BN 10. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, dots on banners, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 58. 3.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Rare.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
