LOT 3208
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Treveri mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 521. Near Extremely Fine.(2.09gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at Charing Cross Collectors Market, London, 6 September 2003;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 186. M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XII IMP VII COS V P P, Commodus standing facing, head to left, on platform, holding sceptre in his left hand and raising his right hand toward three soldiers standing before him on the ground, all holding aquilae; S C across lower fields; FID EXERCIT in exergue. RIC III 468a; Cohen 134; BMC 577. 25.15gr, 32mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. [IMP] NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head to right / Victory alighting to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R; S C across fields. RIC I 543; Cohen 302; BMCRE 381. 11.13gr, 30mm, 6h
Very Fine. Nice dark olive green patina.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diva Paulina AE Sestertius. Died before AD 235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rome mint; 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. Consecration issue. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Paulina, raising her right hand and holding sceptre in left, seated to left on peacock flying to right; S C in fields. RIC IV 3 (Maximinus); Banti 1; BMCRE 132 (Maximinus). 21.01gr, 32mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Tooled; beautiful olive green patina.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
