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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LOT 3464
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES AVGG, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.2 270. 2.65gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 207. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P [X]V COS III P P, Africa standing to right, wearing elephant headdress and holding fruits; to right, lion to right. RIC IV 207a; BMCRE 530 note; RSC 493b. 3.19gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
