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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint. 4th officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet on left, holding wreath; Δ in right field, SIS in exergue. RIC VI 231a var. (thunderbolt instead of Victory). 3.22gr, 21mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mediolanum mint; struck mid AD 268. In the name and types of Postumus. 2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONC[ORD E]QVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; cf. RIC V.4 (Postumus) 446; Elmer 613. 2.64gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Contemporary imitation. IMP C VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / [...] AVG, Pax(?) standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 118. 2.74gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
