LOT 3593
Magnentius BI Centenionalis AD 350-353. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath. Very Fine.(3.47gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP PO[STVMVS] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VIRTV]S EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield. Cf. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388. 2.37gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Much of the original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 309-310. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding up apple and raising drapery; star in left field, HTΔ in exergue. RIC VI 43. 6.04gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
