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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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. M COMMODVS ANTON [AVG PIVS BRIT], laureate head to right / [P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P?], Victory seated to right on shields, holding palm branch and inscribing shield set on lap; [S C] across lower fields, [VICT BRIT] in exergue. Cf. RIC III 452; cf. Cohen 946; cf. BMCRE 560. 18.51gr, 28mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate head(?) to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 var. (bust). 3.02gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian. -
Titus, as Caesar AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 77-78. T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR, laureate head to right / Spes advancing to left, holding flower and raising her skirt. RIC II.1 786 (Vespasian). 7.56gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
