LOT 3654
Otacilia Severa AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249. Rome mint.
OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PIETAS AVGVSTAE, Pietas standing to left, holding hem of skirt and incense box. RIC 130. Good Very Fine.(5.52gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 2.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269. Contemporary imitation. Imitating Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
[IMP?] M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ꟼ-ΛM[...]-O, galley to left with helmsman and five oarsmen above waves and branch to left, M[...] below. Cf. RIC V.4 93; cf. CGE 124; cf. Bastien, Postume 87 and 364; cf. Banti 26. 9.03gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very interesting barbarian imitation.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre and Victory on globe; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SMK in exergue. RIC VII 4. 2.89gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
