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LOT 3180
Group of Five [5] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Comprising bronze coins of: City Commemorative (AD 330-354), Theodosius I (AD 379-395), Magnus Maximus (AD 383-388), Arcadius (AD 383-408), and Honorius (AD 393-423). Good Fine to Near Extremely Fine.(8.19gr total, 12-17mm.). [5]
ProvenanceProperty of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 3.03gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / DIVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan senior seated to left on curule chair, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC II 252 var. (bust type); BMCRE 500; Woytek 406b; RSC 140. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination on obverse.
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. 4.55gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
