LOT 2912
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Rome mint; struck AD 256-257. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor standing to left, raising kneeling woman and holding spear with left hand. RIC V.1 117; MIR 111b; RSC 183. Good Very Fine. Nice cabinet tone.(2.94gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). 4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 307-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck circa May to end of November AD 307. D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing chlamys, towered head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 90; C&T 5.01.003; RML 189. 7.45gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with gorgon / GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy, captive bound to left and right. RIC V.1 18 (Joint Reign); MIR 872m; RSC 310. 3.58gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
