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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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding globe and rudder. RIC III 348 (Pius); BMCRE 362 (Pius); RSC 6. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC 661 var. (bust); probuscoins.fr 4140. 3.86gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, laureate head right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC II.1 708; Cohen 332; BMCRE 449-50. 9.14gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
