LOT 2971
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 268. 1st officina. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 215b (same). Good Very Fine. Some silvering remaining.(3.24gr, 21mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS • II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 12.98gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Dark cypress green patina.
From UK private collection. -
![Group of Ten [10] BI Roman Antoniniani.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/225048-s.jpg)
Group of Ten [10] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various emperors and mints. 29.46gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 308-309. 1st officina. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVTI EXERCITVS, Virtus advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 47. 7.06gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
