LOT 3448
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 246-247. Rome mint.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNIT IMPER, Sol advancing to left with whip. RIC IV 226 corr. (rev. legend); RSC 6. Very Fine.(4.90gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 246-248. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, goat standing to left; III in exergue. RIC IV 224; RSC 72. 4.36gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / S • P • Q • R OPTIMO PRINCIPI • around, S C across fields, ALIM • ITAL in exergue, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; to left, child, togate, standing facing. RIC II 460 var. (differing bust type); BMC 918 note; Cohen 8 var. (differing bust type); Woytek 355b. 13.56gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS • EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. 3.59gr, 22mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
