LOT 2960
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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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 265-267. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing to left, legs crossed, leaning on column and holding sceptre. RIC V.1 516 (Mediolanum, sole reign); MIR 591w; RSC 962. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 280. Ticinum mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 3.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. 3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
