LOT 4154
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 264-266. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 295a. Near Very Fine.(2.74gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4154
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. 7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.
Ex Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676. Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403. Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414. Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna AV Aureus. Dated AD 196. Rome mint.
Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing to left, holding torch in both hands. RIC IV 548 var. (S. Severus, crescent on neck); Hill 223; Calicó 2610. 7.08gr, 20mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin. A spectacular aureus. Rare.
Ex G. Hirsch, Auction XIV, 19 September 1957, lot 706. Ex Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, Auction 17, 18 March 2003, lot 413. Ex Marti Hervera, 20 May 2004, lot 410. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 143, 7 May 2024, lot 558 (11,500 CHF hammer). Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236-237. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two signa. RIC 18a; BMC 137; Cohen 9. 3.42gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
