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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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE As. AD 142. Rome mint.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head to right / PIETAS AVG, sacrificial implements: knife, sprinkler, jug, lituus and simpulum; S C in exergue. RIC 1240a (Pius). 9.98gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Nice patina with golden highlights.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Domitian AR Denarius. AD 92. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI, laureate head to right / IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear. RIC 733; BMCRE 194; RSC 271. 3.09gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head to right / S C on shield supported by two capricorns, with globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); BMCRE 129-131 (Titus); RSC 497. 3.55gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
