LOT 3276
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Treveri mint(?). [...] VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / VIR[...]VG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. Cf. RIC V.2 78; cf. RIC V.4 562. Very Fine. Double struck.(2.40gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. 2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Alexandria mint; struck AD 335-337. 2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALB in exergue. RIC VII 70. 2.94gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 265-268. 6th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; ς in right field. RIC V.1 193 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 586a. 2.86gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
