LOT 3226
Valerian AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Samosata mint; struck AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTA ORBIS, two Victories affixing shield inscribed S C on palm tree. RIC V.1 294 (Antioch) var. (bust type); MIR 1682e; RSC 280 var. (bust type). Good Very Fine.(3.60gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Contemporary imitation from an irregular mint. IMP C POSTVM[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum). 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Serdica mint; struck AD 280/1. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip; in exergue: KAB. RIC V.2 862; probuscoins.fr 2030. 2.97gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 256-258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 256. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter riding goat to right. RIC V.1 3 (Lugdunum); MIR 907e. 2.99gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
