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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Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 283-284. Ticinum mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVGG, Providentia standing to left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia, modius at foot; VIXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 447. 3.41gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Siscia mint. 9th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath with jewel at apex containing VOT X in two lines; ΘSIS(pellet in crescent) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 169 note. 2.91gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
