LOT 3675
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 269. Treveri mint. 1st emission.
IMP C M PIAVVONIVS VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre. RIC V.2 116 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 501; Elmer 646; Cunetio 2514; AGK 12b. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare issue with full form of Victorinus' name.(2.76gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This extremely rare coin, displaying the full, long form of Victorinus' name, is from the very first issue of his coinage at Treveri, struck immediately upon his acclamation as Emperor after the death of Marius in AD 269. The paucity of extant examples of the type suggests that the issue was very brief, perhaps lasting only a month, after which point the obverse legend was abbreviated.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.44gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Circa AD 130-133. Rome mint. "Travel series" issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / DACIA in exergue, S C across field, Dacia seated to left on rock pile, holding signum (standard) in right hand and falx (curved sword) over left shoulder. RIC II.3 1650; RIC II 849; Banti 237. 26.14gr, 32mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 121-123. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Clementia standing to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre, and resting elbow on column; CLEM in exergue. RIC II.3 497 var. (bust type); BMCRE 254; RSC 214a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
