LOT 3237
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 260-268. 7th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VICTORIA AET, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and palm; Z (retrograde) in left field. RIC V.1 (sole reign) 297; MIR 588a; RSC 1071b. Good Very Fine.(2.85gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £90 - 120 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 11th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, bull standing to right; XI in exergue. RIC V 285; Cohen 983; MIR 749b. 3.05gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck January-August AD 282. 2nd officina. IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALV-S AVG, Salus standing to left, holding sceptre and feeding from patera snake coiled around and rising from altar to left; B to right. RIC V 124; Lyon 393. 3.67gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 298-299. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, ST• in exergue. RIC VI 33a. 9.44gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
