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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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Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. 10.22gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 295-296. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRT-VS AVG, galley to left, with Victory to left amid ships; QL in exergue. RIC V.2 58; Burnett 107; Webb 94. 1.52gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. 9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
