LOT 3456
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Rome mint.
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.1 499 (Mediolanum; sole reign); MIR 351a; RSC 739. Good Very Fine.(4.76gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171-172. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground. RIC III 261; BMCRE 555; RSC 290. 3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very 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. -
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. 4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FID[ES EQVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377; RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. 2.56gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
