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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Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 307. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple, plain pediment; R(star)Q in exergue. RIC VI 196. 5.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near 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. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 120-121. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar to left; SAL AV[G] in exergue. RIC II.3 374; BMCRE 314; RSC 1324. 2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows over altar to left; Δ in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 71a. 5.19gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
