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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS, prince advancing to right, holding transverse spear and globe; F-T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 173. 2.92gr, 23mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £40
Lugdunum mint; struck November-December AD 275. IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and scales. RIC V 14; BN 1403-5; Lyon 26. 4.47gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Full silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Antioch, mint; struck AD 244-246. IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing to right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 71; RSC 243. 3.51g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 6h.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
