LOT 3459
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Antioch mint.
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Hercules standing to right, looking left, holding apple and resting right hand on club; VIIC• below. RIC -. Very Fine.(3.60gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. 2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; K in left field, Δ over H in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.67gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 145-161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and rod. RIC III 127; BMCRE 512-516; RSC 228. 3.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
