LOT 3563
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 255-256. Samosata mint.
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar; star above. RIC V.1 285 var. (bust; Antioch); MIR 1699q; RSC 152 var. (same). Near Extremely Fine.(3.27gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1155.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding patera from which liquor flows in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; SMNB in exergue. RIC 66c. 5.59gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 255-256. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, the two Emperors standing facing each other, one holding spear and globe, the other holding Victory and spear. RIC V.1 293 (Asia); MIR-1687e; RSC-276. 3.67gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Elagabalus AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[IMP C M AVR] ANTONINVS, laureate head to right / LADI[CEON], draped bust of Tyche to right within distyle arched shrine; Δ E below. RPC VI Online 8152 (temporary); BMC 99 & 103; Lindgren I 2100A. 3.33gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
