LOT 3584
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Emperor standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and globe in left. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. Very Fine.(2.38gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3584
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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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE Semis. AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS [XV?], draped bust of Apollo to right; branch in front / Raven standing to right on laurel branch; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 710; cf. Cohen 527; cf. BMCRE 453. 2.52gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 227. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P VI COS II P P, Pax running to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC IV 67; BMCRE 422; RSC 319. 2.07gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
