LOT 3681
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 263. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum); RSC 273a. Good Very Fine.(4.97gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 260-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing to left, looking to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC 644F; Goebl 1612b. 3.19gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Severus Alexander AE As. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC 644. 10.78gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre and Victory on globe; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SMK in exergue. RIC VII 4. 2.89gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
