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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Otacilia Severa AV Aureus. AD 244-246. Rome mint.
Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia, veiled and draped, seated to left, drawing veil from face and holding sceptre. RIC IV 123a; Calicó 3268; Biaggi-. 4.79gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Mint State. The finest example of the type to come to auction.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Otacilia Severa, the wife of Emperor Philip I, was Roman empress from AD 244-249 and, like her husband, was from the city of Emesa (located in modern-day Homs, Syria). Known for her piety and dedication, Otacilia was actively involved in religious and civic life during Philip's reign. She was regularly depicted on coinage with symbols of fertility and virtue (as here, promoting Pudicitia), reflecting her influence and the idealised image of imperial womanhood. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 229. Rome mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P VIII COS III P P, emperor, laureate and togate, in decorated quadriga to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins; S C in exergue. RIC IV 495; Cohen 377; BMCRE 575. 18.15gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and transverse sceptre in her left; B in exergue. RIC 399; Bastien 380; Cohen 438. 3.58gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
