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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Commodus AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 186-187. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. 23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Siscia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding hands with Concordia, standing to left; (star)T in exergue. RIC V.1 244; MER-RIC 2238 (temporary). 3.76gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 10h.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C PI VICTORINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with the features of Marius / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.2 41 (Southern mint) & 126 (Uncertain mint). 3.30gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
