LOT 3568
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 256-257. Antioch mint.
IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERMAN, emperor standing to left, holding globe and spear, receiving wreath from Victory, standing to right, holding palm branch. RIC V.1 452; MIR 1603b; RSC 1173. Near Very Fine.(2.83gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.1 82 var. (mintmark); MER-RIC 3248 (temporary). 4.55gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 364-367. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, T in left field, SMKA in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 11a & 13a (no T). 2.20gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; A Γ across fields, TR in exergue. RIC VI 170a. 10.18gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From Dieter Alten Collection, purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
