LOT 3156
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
IMP C VICTORIN[VS P F AVG], radiate and cuirassed (?) bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton above globe with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 61. Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.(2.50gr, 22mm. 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Rome mint; struck AD 107-108. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes advancing to right, holding flower and raising skirt. RIC II 127 var. (bust type); BMCRE 319-321; Woytek 266b; RSC 84. 3.51gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Rome mint. 10th emission, AD 267-268. 5th officina. "Animal/ Mythical" series. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right / HERCVLI CONS AVG, boar running to right; [Є in exergue]. RIC V.1 202 (sole reign); MIR 729b; RSC 317. 3.48gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck circa AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Annona (or Abundantia) seated to left, holding reaping hook in right hand and cornucopia in left; at feet to left, modius with grain ears. RIC II.3 854; Cohen 379; BMCRE 385. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
