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LOT 2971
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
IM[...] P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIAN[...]RΛE, Diana walking to right, holding transverse torch in both hands. Cf. RIC V.2 299 (Cologne). Good Very Fine. Imitative issue of a very rare type.(2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2971
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua. -
Septimius Severus AE Sestertius. AD 195-196. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII, laureate head to right / [P M T]R P III COS II [P P], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 706; BMCRE 580 (Wars of the Succession). 21.42gr, 31mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 251-253. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 33; RSC 37. 2.79gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
