LOT 3693
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
IMP C PO[...]MVS P F A[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Illegible inscription, standing figure to left, holding sceptre and uncertain object; pellet in exergue. Near Very Fine.(2.10gr, 23mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Augustus AE As. 15-10 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CAESAR • PONT [MAX], laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in her right hand and wreath in her left. RIC 230; BMC 550; Cohen 240. 9.43gr, 26mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 307. Carthage mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE, Africa standing facing, head to left, holding standard and tusk; at feet, lion to left with captured bull; SE F across fields, Δ in exergue. RIC VI 58. 11.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta Fourrée Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. For prototype cf. RIC IV 55b (Decius). 4.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
