LOT 3231
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. Near Very Fine.(4.22gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3231
Maximinus II BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 2.85gr, 21mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 11.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Arelate mint. 3rd officina. D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing to right, two stars above; before, eagle standing to right on wreath holding wreath in beak; TCONST in exergue. RIC VIII 318; LRBC 468. 8.91gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
