LOT 3152
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. Good Very Fine.(2.85gr, 21mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 12mm. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman(?). 1.56gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 320. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, two Victories standing, holding shield supported by column inscribed VOT P R in two lines; back to back captives between P-L in exergue. RIC VII 82. 3.61gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Uncertain mint (Camulodunum?). IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground. RIC 1038; Cohen 391. 3.39gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
