LOT 3591
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). Near Very Fine.(3.52gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AR Denarius. AD 88-89. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head to right / IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding grounded spear. RIC II.1 670; BMCRE 154; RSC 250. 3.53gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. 8.60gr, 25mm, 7h.
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.
