LOT 2961
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 260-261. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta seated to left, holding sceptre and patera; Q in exergue. RIC V 32-3; MIR 418. Good Very Fine.(2.23gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. 1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). 4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.13gr, 19mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
