LOT 3238
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing to left, holding spear and resting hand on shield. RIC V.1 534 (sole reign); MIR 1147m; RSC 1236. Very Fine.(3.08gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 490; probuscoins.fr 303. 3.81gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carinus BI Antoninianus. AD 283-285.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONS-ER, Carinus standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; B between, SMSXXI in exergue. RIC V 314; Pink VI/2, p. 44. 4.24gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. First reign, AD 305-307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck circa 305. 3rd officina. D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch in right hand and mappa in left / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending her right hand to Quies, standing to left, holding branch in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S F across field, RT in exergue. RIC VI 117b. 10.52gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
