LOT 3061
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.(4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. 1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 140.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Rome mint. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head to right. RIC III 417a. 3.04gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / AP-OLINI [C]ONSERVA, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on lyre set on rock. RIC V.1 126 (joint reign) var. (bust); MIR 123l. 2.70gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
