LOT 3533
Macrinus AR Denarius. Struck summer AD 217-early AD 218. Rome mint.
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. RIC 86; BMC 26; Cohen -, cf. 116 (draped and cuirassed). Good Very Fine.(2.80gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Colonia Agrippinensis or Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [COME]S AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 224. 2.40gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.52gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 254-256. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 87; MIR 73c; RSC 53. 3.20gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
