LOT 3679
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 7h. Lightly toned.(3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, France.
Private European collection.
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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding globe and rudder. RIC III 348 (Pius); BMCRE 362 (Pius); RSC 6. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, •STR• in exergue. RIC VII 369. 2.73gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed bust r. / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder. RIC 74. 5.68gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
