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Auction: 23106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 28: Ancient Coins Featuring the Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 7947

Roman Empire a Selection of Third-Century Antoninanii (31): All with obverse of radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, unless otherwise stated: i) Herennius Etruscus as Caesar (249-251) struck under Trajan II Decius, SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, 4.38g, (RIC, 149) Cleaned, well-struck but die-wear to reverse, very fine; ii) Trebonianus Gallus (251-253) Juno seated to left, holding corn-ears and sceptre, 3.97g, (RIC, 83) cleaned, good very fine; iii) Trajan II Decius (249-251) VICT - ORIA AV - G Victory advancing l. holding wreath and palm, 4.40g, (RIC, 29c) tooled, slightly grainy but about good fine; iv) Valerian I (253-260) DEO VOLKANO Vulcan standing facing within tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding hammer in his right hand and tongs in his left, 3.12g, (RIC, 5) worn and slightly flattened, bright, about fine; v) Gallienus (253-268) VICTORIA AVG Victoria advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left; in field to left, (RIC, 663) lightly marked but otherwise good very fine, attractive; Claudius II Gothicus (268-270) (2): vi) Aequitas standing left with scales and cornucopiae, 3.80g, (RIC Online, 137) obverse extremely fine with beautiful toning, reverse flattened but fine, rare; vii) AE, struck under Aurelian, CONSEC[RATIO] Eagle with wings spread left, head right, 3.04g, (RIC, 266) good fine, (2); Quintillus (270), (2): viii) CONCORD EXER, Concordia standing to left, holding standard and cornucopiae; T in exergue, 3.05g, (RIC, 45) good very fine, well-struck and lustrous, slightly off-centre; ix) another, as before but with two standards instead of cornucopiae, 3.05g, (RIC, 52) Near extremely fine, well-struck and toned; Aurelian (AD 270-275) (6): x) Mediolanum, rev. Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and offering sacrifice at altar, 3.95g, (RIC, 1434) good fine; xi) Ticinum, rev. Sol standing between two seated captives, head left, hand raised and holding globe, star in right field, SXXT in exergue, 3.95g, (RIC, 151) spotted, good fine to very fine; xii) another, as before but with XX IMI in exergue, 4.06g, about good fine, slightly worn; xiii) rev. Mars, on the left, standing right, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and spear in his left, facing emperor, on the right, standing left, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter in his left, 4.02g, (RIC, 242) spotted but residually lustrous, good fine; xiv) another, as before but with *Q in exergue, 3.05g, Darkly toned, near very fine; xv) another, with Aurelian and Concrodia stood facing and clasping hands, XXIP in exergue, 3.80g, (RIC, 2383) Good remnant of silver, but slightly grainy, near very fine, (6); xvi) Severina, wife of Aurelian, draped bust upon crescent right, wearing stephane rev. CONCOR - DIAE M - ILITVM Concordia standing left holding two standards, QXXT in exergue, 4.51g, (RIC, 8) extremely fine, well-struck with slight wear to edges but perfectly centred and detailed; Tacitus (275-276) (5): xvii) rev. Felicitas standing let with caduceus in right hand, holding cornucopiae in left, * in right field, 4.58g, (RIC, 65) Good very fine, well-struck and lustrous; xviii) as before, 3.54g, Near very fine, worn to edges but otherwise detailed and pleasant; xix) reverse as with ii), D between Mars and Emperor, XXI in exergue, 3.70g, (RIC, 133) about good very fine; xx) Celementia standing left, holding sceptre, resting hand on column, 4.02g, (RIC Online, 3576) Good very fine, well-struck and silvered; xxi) VICTORIA GOTTHI Victory standing left with wreath in left hand and transverse sceptre in right, 3.60g, (RIC, 172) good fine, slightly porous, (5); xxii) Salonina SALONINA AVG Diademed and draped bust right upon crescent rev. VESTA Vesta, veiled, standing facing, head left, holding patera in her right hand and long scepter in her left, 3.53g, (Cohen, 139) Slight worn reverse but otherwise very fine; Coins of the Gallic Empire (8): Postumus (3): xxiii) 3.07g, near extremely fine; xxiv) 3.18g, good very fine; xxv) 4.16g, good fine to very fine, (3); Victorinus (2): xxvi) 2.81g, near extremely fine; xxvii) 2.12g, near good very fine, (2); Tetricus I (2): xxviii) 3.17g, good fine; xxix) 2.60g, near good fine, (2); (9); xxx) Britannic Empire, Carausius(?), 2.02g, good fine, flattened; xxxi) Unknown, 2.02g, tool-marked, good; (31).

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