LOT 3230
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing, head to left, extending right arm and holding globe with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 611 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 1663i; RSC 989. Good Very Fine.(3.91gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets and no doors; star above, SMKA• in exergue. RIC VII 34. 2.96gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint. Draped bust of Venus to right, wearing stephane / Dove standing to right; S C below. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. 2.41gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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