LOT 3217
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Unofficial issue(?). Uncertain mint. [...]P C VICTORINVS O F(sic) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PA[...], Mars, helmeted, walking to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield. For reverse cf. Göbl 1033r (Rome for Gallienus). Good Very Fine. Hybrid combining an obverse of Victorinus with a reverse of Gallienus.(2.07gr, 19mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3217
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Divus Victorinus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 271.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Colonia Agrippinensis mint. [DIVO] VICTORINO PIO, radiate head to right / [PROVI]DENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at feet. RIC V.2 88 (Southern mint); RIC V.4 635-6. 2.56gr, 19mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 285. 7th officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre in left; XXIZ below. RIC V.2 161. 4.43gr, 23mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's tickets included. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; ML in exergue. RIC V 101. 4.34gr, 25mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
