LOT 4153
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 260. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). Near Very Fine.(2.31gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4153
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £25 - 35€29 - 41 (for guidance only)$34 - 47 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Hostilian, as Ceasar, AV Aureus. Dated AD 251. Rome mint.
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
C VALES(sic) HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince, in military attire, standing to left, holding baton in right hand and spear in left. RIC IV 181a (Trajan Decius-misdescribed) var. (obv. legend); Calicó 3318 (misdescribed) var. (obv. legend); Biaggi 1406 (same dies). 4.01gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX; three stars above, F B across field, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 253. 2.80gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 3.73gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
