LOT 3622
Numerian BI Antoninanus. AD 284. Rome mint.
IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Numerian to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; KAΔ in exergue. RIC 416. Near Very Fine.(3.57gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
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Julian II BI Maiorina. AD 360-363. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing to right; above, star; (palm) NIKΓ • (palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 122. 8.95gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC V.2 60 (Lugdunum); RSC 80. 2.60gr, 21mm, 1hr.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero Claudius Drusus Fourrée Denarius. Died 9 BC. Lugdunum mint. Possibly a British imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus to left, wearing oak wreath / Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue to right between two trophies with seated and bound captives, the rider holding spear in his right hand; above and on architrave, DE GERM. For prototype: RIC 70; BMC 97; CBN 3; Cohen 2. 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
