LOT 2705
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Caligula - Countermarked Vesta AE As 37-38 A.D.
Rome mint, possibly barbarous. Obv: [C] CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON [M TR POT] legend with bare head left. Rev: [VESTA] with Vesta seated left holding patera and sceptre; S - C across fields; rectangular countermark at edge. Fine.(10.06 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
Accompanied by collector ticket.
Cf. Sear 1803.
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LOT 2705
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Caligula - Countermarked Vesta AE As
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Carausius - Antoninianii [8] 286-293 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group comprising: reverses of Pax (5), Roma and Virtus, with another (barbarous?); Colchester or London mint. 14.83 grams total.
Fine.
Acquired UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Helena under Grandsons - AE3/4 337-340 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mother of Constantine I, posthumous, Constantinople mint. Obv: FL IVL HELENA AVG legend with draped bust right. Rev: PAX PVBLICA legend with Pax standing left holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; mintmark CONSE in exergue. 1.64 grams.
Very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Vespasian - Judea Captive AR Denarius 69-70 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG legend with laureate bust right. Rev: bound Judea captive seated right with trophy behnd; IVDAEA in exergue. 3.13 grams.
Good fine.
Found Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, UK. Accompanied by British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record BERK-3BF018.
