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LOT 2972
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 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 transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). Near Extremely Fine.(3.37gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 2972
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...]V TETPICVS CAES, radiate bust to right, wearing beard / [...]I II II, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; VII below. Apparently not listed in any reference. 2.26gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. A very interesting imitative mule with obverse legend for Tetricus II, as Caesar and depiction of Tetricus I.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. 3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; B above V in right field, K in left field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54b. 7.84gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
