LOT 2908
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / DACIA FELI[X], Dacia standing to left, holding ensign; S C across fields. RIC IV 114b; Cohen 35. Near Very Fine.(16.96gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 2.85gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 254-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELIC-ITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 87; MIR 73c; RSC 53. 2.64gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
