LOT 3171
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 256-257. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding box of perfume with left. RIC V.1 33 (joint reign); Cohen 81. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Very rare variant.(2.71gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. 1st officina. CONSTANTINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, sceptre over shoulder / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; TRP • in exergue. RIC VII 530. 2.11gr, 17mm, 5h
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Unofficial issue(?). Uncertain mint. [...]P C VICTORINVS O F(sic) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PA[...], Mars, helmeted, walking to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield. For reverse cf. Göbl 1033r (Rome for Gallienus). 2.07gr, 19mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Hybrid combining an obverse of Victorinus with a reverse of Gallienus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 290-292. 2nd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; B between, XXI• in exergue. RIC V.2 306 var. (bust type). 3.90gr, 21mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
