LOT 3564
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260. Uncertain mint.
IMP C LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two signa. RIC V.1 - (unrecorded obverse legend); RSC - (same). Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare. Apparently unpublished obverse legend variety and possibly unique.(2.72gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTS in exergue. RIC VII 71. 3.74gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Maxininus I AR Denarius. AD 235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P P P, Emperor with lance between two standards. RIC 1. 3.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 256-260. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar. RIC V.1 447 (Asia, joint reign); MIR 1684m; RSC 792b. 3.91gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1174. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
