LOT 3691
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC V.2 72 (Lugdunum); RSC 155a corr. (rev. type). Near Very Fine.(3.40gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Honorius AE Nummus. AD 393-423. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning the emperor with wreath; SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 68 (Cyzicus). 1.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero Claudius Drusus AE Sestertius. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head to left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P S C, Claudius seated to left on curule chair, holding branch and resting hand on lap; around the chair are scattered arms (spears, shields, cuirass, and helmet). RIC I 109 (Claudius); BMC 208 (Claudius). 26.16gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-375. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX within wreath; ALEΓ(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13a. 1.49gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
