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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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / PROFECTIO AVG, Caracalla standing to right, holding transverse spear, two standards behind him, each surmounted by a hand. RIC 225; RSC 509. 3.04gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. 3.13gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 3.61gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
