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Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T] DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 14.85gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-38. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera and sceptre; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.21gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius I AE As. Circa AD 41-50. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bare head to left / Minerva standing to right, hurling javelin and holding rounded shield; S C across lower fields. For prototype, cf. RIC I 100, Cohen 83, BMCRE 149. 5.25gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Nero AE Sestertius. Circa AD 65. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
NERO • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG [GER P M TR P IMP P P ?], laureate head to left, globe at point of bust / Emperor on horseback to right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback to right, holding vexillum; S C across fields, DECVRSIO in exergue. Cf. RIC I 437. 25.90gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. 2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes, dolphin to right above, raven standing to right below. RIC I 109; BMCRE 39-40; RSC 111. 2.81gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram of ΦΥ; all within oak wreath. RIC II.1 1414 (R3); RPC II 822; RSC -. NGC graded XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-008).
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 72-73. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / NEP RED, Neptune standing to left, with right foot on globe, holding acrostolium and sceptre. RIC 1555; RPC II 1928; RSC 274. 3.10gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-70. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / Judaea seated to right against trophy; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II.1 2; BMCRE 35; RSC 226. 3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 71. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. 3.30gr, 17mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 71. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; monogram below. RIC 1428 var.; cf. RPC II 827C (slightly differing monogram). 2.25gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius or Drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.91gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Brockage of obverse issue.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.