LOT 3138
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing to left, holding grounded shield and spear; star in right field. RIC IV 187; RSC 135a. Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.(3.10gr, 21mm, 7h).
ProvenanceFrom Besançon Numismatique, 28 April 2015.
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LOT 3138
Volusian AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148. 4.41gr, 23mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopiae with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels.
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days. -
Saloninus, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 258-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. 1st officina. LIC COR SAL VALERIANVS N CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINC IVVENT, prince standing facing, head to left, holding globe with right hand and sceptre with left; captive to left by feet, P in right field. RIC V.1 28 var. (ensign instead of globe, joint reign); MIR 275i; RSC 63. 2.81gr, 21mm, 11h
Very Fine. Most silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
