LOT 3264
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Treveri mint; struck AD spring 269. IMP C MARIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAEC FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC V.2 10 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 485; Cohen 13 (Colonia Agrippinensis); Elmer 634. Near Extremely Fine.(3.11gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Mint II (Colonia Agrippinensis). Group II, struck AD 268-269. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P X COS V P P, Victory standing to right, left foot on globe, supporting shield inscribed VO XX. RIC V 295; AGK 66; Cunetio 2469. 3.03gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. 2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum. -
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Group of Ninety-Seven [97] Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various types. 149gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
