LOT 3649
Maximinus I AE Sestertius. AD 236-238. Rome mint.
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and palm, captive seated to left at feet; S C across fields. RIC IV 90; Cohen 109; BMCRE 191. Near Very Fine.(19.04gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Pertinax AR Denarius. AD 193. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head to right / LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and long sceptre in her left. RIC IV 4a; Cohen 20; BMCRE 8. 2.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 12h.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS AVG, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC V.1 32; MER-RIC 174 (temporary). 2.96gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in her arms. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.69gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
