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LOT 2965
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing to right. MIR 36, 1701g. Near Very fine. Very rare.(3.98gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO [AVG DIVI TRA], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with exposed breastplate / PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS, Pietas standing to left, raising right hand, PIE-TAS across fields. RIC II.3 128; Strack 39. 2.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. 3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
