LOT 2996
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate head(?) to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 var. (bust). Good Very Fine.(3.02gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [VI]RTVS AVGG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and leaning his right on shield set on ground. RIC V.2 148. 4.58gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Galba AE Sestertius. AD 68-69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. [...] CAESA[...], laureate head to right / [LIBERTAS PVBLICA], Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; [S C] across fields. Cf. RIC I 349. 27.12gr, 34mm, 5h.
Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing to left, holding laurel branch and leaning on tripod to right; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 610 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1670k; RSC 927a. 3.36gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
