LOT 4148
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. Good Very Fine.(3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4148
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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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. -
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Rome mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3654; Depeyrot 91/1; Lacam pl. 57, 70 (same obv. die); NAC 93, 1096 (hammer: 8,500 CHF); CNG MB 72, 2213; Roma XXIII, 1152 (same obv. die). 4.40gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 606. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
In RIC X, Kent argues that the Rome solidi struck at the behest of Odovacar can be divided into two series. The first series bearing the mint mark COMOB and :, R or Γ at the end of the reverse legend, and the second with •COMOB• and Γ• or Ä (see p. 216). -
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 29. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
