LOT 3468
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). Near Very Fine.(2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 270-271. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 75 (Southern Gallic Mint). 2.96gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 2.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 140-144. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / APOLLINI AVGVSTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; S C across fields. RIC III 598; C. 62; BMCRE 1229. 31.75gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
