LOT 3665
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 261. Mediolanum mint. "Legionary series" issue. 2nd emission.
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / LEG II ITAL VI P VI F, she-wolf standing to right, head facing, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus). RIC V 329; MIR 36, 992n; RSC 472. Very Fine. Rare.(3.93gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 263. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at foot left. RIC V.1 159 (joint reign). 3.13gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. AD 141-161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding globe and rudder. RIC III 348 (Antoninus Pius); BMCRE 362 (Antoninus Pius); RSC 6. 3.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT • X in two lines within wreath; •AQS•. in exergue. RIC VII 97. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
