LOT 2963
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 264-265. Antioch mint.
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.(3.41gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33.
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LOT 2963
Gallienus BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors, pellet in doorway and two turrets; star above, SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC 73. 2.91gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mamiminus II BI Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
5th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquor flows over lighted altar in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; star in left field, Є in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 133c. 7.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
