LOT 3254
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 268. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). Very Fine.(4.11gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Contemporary imitation. IMP C POSTVMVS [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding cow's udder with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V 330. 2.61gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. COR SALONIN[A AV]G, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNONI CONS AVG, antelope walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1, 16 (sole reign); MIR 725cc; RSC 70. 2.13gr, 23 mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Small die break on reverse. Some toned silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets and no doors; star above, SMKA• in exergue. RIC VII 34. 2.96gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
