LOT 3064
Tiberius, as Caesar AE As . AD 4-14.
Lugdunum mint, struck AD 12-14. [TI CAESAR] AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylised male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 245 (Augustus); Cohen 37; BMCRE 585 (Augustus). Near Very Fine.(10.04gr, 25mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Constantius Gallus, as Caesar BI Brockage Centenionalis. AD 351-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain mint. D N CONSTAN[TIVS IVN NOB C], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; Δ behind / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RIC VIII 39 (Sirmium). 5.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding bag with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC IV 28b note (bust also draped); RSC -. 3.94gr, 21mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
