LOT 3195
Quietus BI Antoninianus. AD 260-261.
Samosata mint. IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / APOLINI CONSERVA, Apollo standing to left, holding branch and lyre. RIC V.1 3; MIR 1728f; RSC 3. Very Fine.(3.70gr, 20mm, 6h).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Antioch mint; struck AD 264-265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33. -
Constantius II, as Caesar AV Solidus. AD 324-337.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,389
Ticinum mint; struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI I-V-VENTVTIS, Prince standing facing, head to right, holding legionary standard surmounted by eagle with right hand and sceptre with left; in field to right, another standard surmounted by hand; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 181; Cahn 71, 1847; Basel xvii, 612. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 206. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIIII COS III P P, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding corn ears over modius with her right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC IV 200; BMCRE 489; RSC 476. 2.91gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
