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PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right; star above and thunderbolt before / IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, laureate head of Livia to left set on globe; crescent above. RPC 1, 73; ACIB 3360; Vives 167-2; Ripolles 73; Chaves 12-210; GMI 1038-9; NAH 1060. 25.83gr, 36mm, 10h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection.

NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head to left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P S C, Claudius seated to left on curule chair, holding branch and resting hand on lap; around the chair are scattered arms (spears, shields, cuirass, and helmet). RIC I 109 (Claudius); BMC 208 (Claudius). 26.16gr, 33mm, 6h.

Good Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, feet on footstool, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30; Lyon 152; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.

ΤIΒΕΡΙΟΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to to right / ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by nude male statue, holding globe and sceptre. RPC I 3620; Sydenham, Caesarea 42. 3.82gr, 19mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Excellent toning with hints of blue and golden iridescence around the devices.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding inverted spear and branch; on singular exergual line. For prototype: RIC I 28 corr. (ornamented legs); Lyon 146; RSC 16b. 2.96gr, 18mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

From a 19th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by a handwritten envelope.

DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S • C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 8.78gr, 29mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRO N AVG, pileus between S C / COS TERT PON M TR P IIII P P around R CC. RIC 52; Cohen 7; BMC 64. 2.74gr, 17mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

TI CLAVD • CAES[...], laureate head to right / [...] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing to right, holding caduceus; at feet, serpent. Cf. RIC I 10. 2.94gr, 18mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

Found Tendring, Essex.

TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [...], bare head to left / S C across field, Minerva standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. RIC I, 100; cf. BMCRE 149; cf. BN 179. 8.73gr, 27mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

PON M TR P IMP P P COS II around large S C / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG around three-legged modius. RIC 90; BMCRE 182. 3.28gr, 18mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

[NE]RO CAESAR AVGVS[TVS], laureate head to right / [IVPPITER] CVSTOS Jupiter seated to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC I 53; BMC 74; Cohen 119. 3.33gr, 16mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding long sceptre and resting left arm on shield, S C across field, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 356; Cohen 284; BMCRE 114; BN 427-428; WCN 168. 25.97gr, 36mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and tooled.

From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.