LOT 3685
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 262-mid AD 263. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, helmeted, standing to right, holding long spear in right hand and grounded shield in left. RIC V 93; RIC V.4 207; AGK 102; Cunetio 2400; Elmer 190. Very Fine.(3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Antoninus Pius ΑΕ As. AD 143-144. Rome mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
[ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS P P TR [P COS III], laureate head to right / [IMPE]RATOR II, Lavinian Sow seated to right under holm oak, suckling three piglets; two more standing to right below her head. RIC 733; BMC 1625; Cohen 450. 9.60gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive-green patina. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Julian II BI Maiorina. AD 361-363. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, bull standing to right, two stars above; (palm)ANTB(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 216; LRBC 2640. 8.76gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
