LOT 3592
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Emperor standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and globe in left. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. Near Very Fine.(3.71gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AR Denarius. Struck summer AD 217-early AD 218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. RIC 86; BMC 26; Cohen -, cf. 116 (draped and cuirassed). 2.80gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
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. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing to left, with foot on prow, holding wheat ears and cornucopia. RIC IV 187; BMCRE 496; RSC 27. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
