LOT 3260
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Mint II (Colonia Agrippinensis). Group II, struck AD 268-269. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P X COS V P P, Victory standing to right, left foot on globe, supporting shield inscribed VO XX. RIC V 295; AGK 66; Cunetio 2469. Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(3.03gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Justinian I AV Solidus. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Constantinople mint; struck AD 542-565. 10th officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left / VICTORIA AVGGG I, Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by Staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB in exergue. DOC 9j; MIBE 7; SB 140. 4.29gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 272. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and long vertical sceptre. RIC V.2 100. 2.17gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Augustus AV Aureus. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Lugdunum mint; struck 2 BC-AD 4. [CAESA]R AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER [PATRIAE], laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, each togate and resting hand on shield; spear behind each shield, lituus and simpulum above, [C L] CAESARES in exergue. RIC I 206; BMCRE 513-18; Calicó 176; Lyon 81; BN 1648. 7.76gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
