LOT 3251
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
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. Very Fine.(2.61gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Constantius II, as Caesar AE 18mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck AD 324-325. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTAN-TIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above; SMANTS • below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1327. 2.59gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Severus Alexanader AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing to left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 148; RSC 108a. 3.00gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 9h. Struck on a broad flan.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle, and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding globe; KAB in exergue. RIC V.2 862; Pink VI/1 p. 45. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
