LOT 3583
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis standing to left, raising hand and holding sceptre. RIC V.2 329 var. (Colonia Agrippinensis, reverse type); Elmer 383; RSC 360a. Good Very Fine.(3.26gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3583
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £15 - 20€17 - 23 (for guidance only)$20 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTЄ in exergue. RIC VII 71. 2.98gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 256-260. Samosata mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar. RIC V.1 447 (Asia, joint reign); MIR 1684m; RSC 792b. 3.91gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1174. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
