LOT 3358
Magnentius AE Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Treveri mint; struck AD 353. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A-ω across fields; TRP in exergue. RIC 318. Near Very Fine.(4.87gr, 26mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974;
Property of an Essex collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 5th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / DIANAE CONS AVG, doe walking to right, head reverted; Є in exergue. RIC V.1, 177 (sole reign); MIR 728b; RSC 154. 3.00gr, 21mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Nero & Drusus Caesar AE Dupondius. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES, Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding to right, cloaks flying behind them / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius); BMCRE 44. 16.27gr, 28mm, 5h
Very Fine. Smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITV, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59 var. (MILITVM); RIC V.4 -; RSC 67a var. (same). 3.17gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished variant or reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
