LOT 4139
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 sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). Good Very Fine.(2.35gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4139
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £25 - 35€29 - 41 (for guidance only)$34 - 47 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Constantius Gallus, as Caesar AE Centenionalis. AD 351-354. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing fallen horseman; S between pellets and star to left; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 117. 4.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Struck under Hadrian, AD 119-120 (and later). Rome mint. Consecration issue.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 2.84gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 166. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VI IMP IIII COS II PAX, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 561; BMC 230; Cohen 126. 2.82gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
