LOT 2969
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.(12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck May-June AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent in arms. C-star across fields. RIC V.1 58; MER-RIC 3338. 3.52gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.53gr, 19mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Antioch mint; struck AD 276-282. 7th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory set on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 922. 3.71gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
