LOT 3593
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). Good Very Fine.(3.50gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, clasping hands with Concordia standing to left; VI* in exergue. RIC V.1 244; MER-RIC 2285 (temporary). 4.01gr, 23mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / FELIC TEMPO, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre; T in exergue. Cf. RIC V.1 145; cf. MER-RIC 35 (temporary). 2.95gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
