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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Group of Two [2] Roman Imperial and Byzantine Coins. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 6.27gr total.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Rome mint; struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / [IMP VIII COS] III P • P •, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated to left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands; behind them, officer, standing to left and holding sceptre; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing to left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left, preparing to distribute donative to citizen mounting steps with outstretched hands holding toga below; S C across fields, LIBERALITAS AVG VII in two lines in exergue. RIC III 1208 var. (no drapery); Cohen 424 var. (same). 24.97gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Well-struck and detailed. Amazing dark olive-green patina. Extremely rare variant.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1913. Ex Hertfordshire, UK, collection. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Group of Thirty One [31] Roman Imperial Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various emperors. 83gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
