LOT 2883
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 161-169.
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.(3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 260-261. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta seated to left, holding sceptre and patera; Q in exergue. RIC V 32-3; MIR 418. 2.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. 1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC -; Cunetio 2480; Elmer 612. 2.05gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
