LOT 3190
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Antioch mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre. RIC IV 193; RSC 302a. Good Very Fine.(3.59gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VICTORIA AET, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; Z (or B?) to left. Cf. RIC V.1 297. 2.61gr, 22mm,1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. 2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum. -
![Group of Two [2] Carausius BI Antoniniani.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/227777s.jpg)
Group of Two [2] Carausius BI Antoniniani. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 6.63gr total.
Near Very Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
