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LOT 2961
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. Near Very Fine.(3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271. Southern mint or Colonia Agrippinensis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, holding patera and feeding serpent in arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.15gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus helmeted and draped, standing to left, holding spear with left, and resting right hand on shield. RIC 6; RSC 381. 4.83gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Dorchester Hoard. Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...]V TETPICVS CAES, radiate bust to right, wearing beard / [...]I II II, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; VII below. Apparently not listed in any reference. 2.26gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. A very interesting imitative mule with obverse legend for Tetricus II, as Caesar and depiction of Tetricus I.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
