LOT 3137
Volusian AE Mule As. AD 251-253.
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLV[SIANO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from rear / IVN[ONI MART]IALI, Juno, veiled, seated
to left on throne, holding two corn ears in her right hand and globe in her left; S C below. RIC IV.3 - (for reverse cf.109 for Sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus); Cohen -. Near Very Fine. Green patina. Not in the standard references and apparently unique.(12.49gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 265-268. 6th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left; ς in right field. RIC V.1, 193 var. (placement of officina); MIR 586a. 3.03gr, 22mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 259. 2nd officina. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate bust to right / P M TR P VII COS, veiled emperor seated to left, holding globe with right hand and short sceptre with left; MS in exergue. RIC V.1 310; RSC 826. 4.67gr, 22mm, 5h
Good Very Fine. Near full silvering remaining. Very rare variant.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 260. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VIC]TORIA GERMAN, Victory, on the left, standing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left, facing Gallienus, on the right, standing to left, holding globe in right hand and spear in left; in field above, star. RIC V.1 452 (joint reign; uncertain Asian mint); Cohen 1173; MIR 1607b. 3.82gr, 20mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Much silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
