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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two towers, star above; R(wreath)S in exergue. RIC VII 287. 2.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rome mint; struck AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-TOR II, Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed BRI-TAN; S C across lower fields. RIC III 732; Cohen 442. 11.49gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Beautiful dark cypress-green patina.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin's reverse legend (IMPERATOR II), for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes. It was Urbicus who also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, which was to be the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire.
