LOT 3688
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Postumus wearing cuirass and standing to right, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. Very Fine.(3.44gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Imperial, Constantine Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Incuse of diademed bust to right / Incuse of GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground; two standards between them; mintmark in exergue. 3.51gr, 27mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 211-217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing to left with patera and sceptre. RIC 387 (Caracalla). 3.30gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
