LOT 4149
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). Good Very Fine.(2.88gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4149
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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Gordian III AV Aureus. AD 239. Rome mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Pax, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3215. 4.99gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Well centred, lovely lustrous metal. Previously graded NGC XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 "scuffs, edge filing" (#6822193-001). Very rare; one recorded example on OCRE, eight recorded examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3114 (16/1/2024), Lot 33264 ("From the Dynasty Collection, #V"). Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 166. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VI IMP IIII COS II PAX, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 561; BMC 230; Cohen 126. 2.82gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 157-158. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG PII F, bare head to right / TR POT XII COS II, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre. RIC 475 note (Pius); RSC 729. 3.32gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
