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 Apparently unpublished obverse legend variety and possibly unique.(2.72gr, 22mm, 11h.).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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LOT 3564
Valerian I AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.52gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 73; BMCRE 66-67; RSC 33b. 3.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State. Beautiful light cabinet tone.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 2970. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 481. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 223. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PROVI]DENTIA DEO[RVM], Providentia standing to left leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 597; Cohen 515; BMCRE 141. 20.23gr, 31mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1089. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
