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Auction: 23106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 28: Ancient Coins Featuring the Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 7972

Roman Empire, Selection of Third and Fourth-Century Bronze, Billion and Silver (10): Postumus (AD260-269) BI Antoninianus. Treveri, 268, IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right rev. IMP X COS V Winged Nemesis standing right, right hand raised to her head and holding a long vertical palm frond in left, 12h, 3.30g, (Elmer, 597) struck off-centre but good fine; Claudius II Gothicus, (AD268-270) BI Antoninianus, Rome, October-November 268, IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. rev. ADVENTVS AVG Claudius on horseback left, raising his right hand in salute and holding long scepter with his left, 6h, 2.68g, (Cohen, 3; RIC, 13) softened with some verdigris, good; Gallienus Joint Reign, (AD253-260) BI Antoninianus, Samosata, 3.03g, (RIC V.1 456), good to fine; Diocletian, (AD284-305) Provincial, BI Tetradrachm, Alexandria, dated year 9/AD292/3, laureate and diademed bust right, rev. Elpis standing left, holding flower and hem of robe, L to right field, D in exergue, 12h, 6.51g, (Milne, 5086; Emmett, 4046) well-centred, good fine; City Commemorative BI Nummus, Struck under Constantine I, 'The Great', (AD307-337), Cyzicus, 331-334, VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle rev. She-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, two stars above, SMKS in exergue, 12h, 2.41g, (RIC VII 90) nicely struck, good fine to very fine; Constantine II, as Caesar, (AD337-340) BI Nummus, London, c.321-323 CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right rev. BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above, PLON in exergue. (RIC VII 286) well-struck, nice patina, very fine;Gratian, (AD367-383) AR Siliquae (2): DN GRATIANVS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VRBS ROMA Roma, seated left holding sceptre and Victory, TRPS in exergue, 6h, 1.04g; 1.32g, (RIC, 27f) both clipped at edges, one about very fine, one good fine (2); Valentinian II, (AD375-392) (2): AE Maiorina, Antioch, 383-388, D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. rev. VIRTVS EXERCITI / ANTG Valentinian standing front, head to right, holding labarum in his right hand and Victory on globe in his left and placing his left foot on captive below, 2h, 5.39g, (RIC, 63b) softened but toned, about good fine; AE Nummus, pear-diademed and draped bust right, rev. Securitas advancing left with a wreath and palm frond, CONS in exergue, 3.00g, toned, good fine (2); (10). Sold as described, no returns.

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