LOT 3464
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); cf. RSC 377a (Lugdunum). Good Very Fine.(3.78gr, 22mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 246. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ANN]ONA AVGG, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; S C across field. RIC IV 168d; Cohen 29. 18.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very 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. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears and cornucopia; modius containing corn ears at feet. RIC IV 26; BMCRE 41; RSC 47a. 2.89gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very 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. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG NN, Concordia, draped, standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia; AQS in exergue. RIC VII 12. 2.62gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
