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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 75 (Southern Gallic Mint). 3.35gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Caracalla AE As. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to right, globe set on ground; S C across field. RIC IV 553a. 9.12gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Glossy cypress green patina.
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK (collector's ticket included). -
Maximian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. First reign, AD 305-307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck circa 305. 3rd officina. D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch in right hand and mappa in left / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending her right hand to Quies, standing to left, holding branch in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S F across field, RT in exergue. RIC VI 117b. 10.52gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
