LOT 2909
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251.
Rome mint. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing facing, head to left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 142b (Decius); RSC 11. Good Very Fine.(2.88gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 323-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier advancing to right, head to left and with spear pointing downward in left hand, leading with right hand a small figure from hut beneath tree; uncertain mintmark. Cf. RIC VIII 140. 4.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, griffin walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1 165 (sole reign); MIR 718z; RSC 77. 2.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
