LOT 3664
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 3664
Volusian AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269-270. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C VICTORINVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Z 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 3110. 2.83gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 2.66gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
