LOT 3594
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 268. Cologne mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COS IIII, Victory standing to right, raising her right hand to head and holding long palm branch in her left hand. RIC V.4 415; Elmer 586. Near Very Fine.(2.98gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £334
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 150; BMCRE 168; RSC 282. 3.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Fleur De Coin. Attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex collection of H. Ursprung. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 95, 6 October 2016, lot 341. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 484. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Domitian AE Semis. AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS [XV?], draped bust of Apollo to right; branch in front / Raven standing to right on laurel branch; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 710; cf. Cohen 527; cf. BMCRE 453. 2.52gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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). 3.50gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
