LOT 3689
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). Very Fine.(3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). 3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust to right, with hair bound on top of head / AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and globe in outstretched right hand. RIC 348 (Pius); RSC 6; BMCRE 366. 3.77gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
