LOT 3568
Trajan AE Quadrans. Circa AD 112-114. Rome mint.
IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin draped around his neck / Boar walking to right; S C in exergue. RIC 702; BMC 1062; Cohen 341; Woytek 602b. Near Very Fine.(2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 257-258. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VALERIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing to left, holding sceptre and leaning upon column to right. RIC V.1 19 corr. (PERP; Lugdunum); Cohen 207a; Elmer 12; Göbl, MIR 869h. 3.60gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. 3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum); RSC 273a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
