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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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Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 179; RSC 70. 3.64gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Antioch mint; struck November AD 270-March AD 272. 8th officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; H below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (reverse bust type); BN 1258-61. 3.69gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very fine.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. 1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
