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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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 299-300. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Є in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC 53a. 9.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 350-355. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier, shield on arm, spearing falling horseman falling on to neck of horse, shield dropped to right; Γ in left field, ANΘ in exergue. RIC VII 132. 4.71gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
