LOT 4136
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.(2.86gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4136
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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Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. Circa 181 BC. Rome mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right / ANN AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius at her feet to left; S C across fields. RIC III 307a; Cohen 5; BMCRE 442. 23.71gr, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1042 (since professionally conserved). From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 347-348. Cyzicus mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, with spear in hand, advancing to right with head reverted, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; [S?]MK[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 72. 3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
