LOT 3755
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284. Uncertain mint.
IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.(3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right. Cf. RIC X, 673-4. 1.21gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 2.64gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 211-217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing to left with patera and sceptre. RIC 387 (Caracalla). 3.30gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
