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 Apparently unpublished obverse legend variety and possibly unique.(2.72gr, 22mm, 11h.).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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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and cornucopia; S P across fields. Cf. RIC V.2 475. 3.64gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 70. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / COS ITER TR POT, Pax seated to left, holding branch in right hand and caduceus in left. RIC II.1, 29; BMC 26. 2.98gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC V.2 60 (Lugdunum); RSC 80. 2.60gr, 21mm, 1hr.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
