LOT 3684
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). Near Very Fine.(1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and holding globe; XXIVI in exergue. RIC 671. 4.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. Circa AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP [II?], radiate head to right / TR POT X-X C-OS II[II?], Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left; S C across fields.Cf. RIC 970; cf. Cohen 1012. 9.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Struck under Hadrian, AD 119-120 (and later). Rome mint. Consecration issue.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 2.84gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
