LOT 3244
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 265-268. 6th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; ς in right field. RIC V.1 193 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 586a. Near Extremely Fine.(2.86gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri (Trier) mint; struck early-mid AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 526; Elmer 682; AGK 14b. 3.41gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint. [ANTON]INVS AVG PIVS P P TR P X[...], laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. Cf. RIC III 238. 2.48gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Alexandria mint; struck AD 333-335. 1st officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 63. 2.48gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
