LOT 2489
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Crispus - Armoured Spear and Shield AE3/4 319-320 A.D.
Ticinum mint. Obv: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear (point forwards) and shield on left arm. Rev: VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX with two bound captives seated to left and right of its base, mintmark PT. Extremely fine. Rare.(2.97 grams, 19 mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureRIC VII Ticinum 117.
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LOT 2489
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Crispus - Armoured Spear and Shield AE3/4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Severus Alexander - Mars AR Denarius 229 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head right. Rev: P M TR P VIII COS III P P, Mars advancing left, holding branch, spear and shield. 2.75 grams, 18 mm.
Choice extremely fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Antoninus Pius - AR Virtus Denarius 140-143 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TRP COS III, laureate head right. Rev: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing left, holding inverted spear and parazonium. 2.99 grams, 16.53 mm.
Good very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Caligula - Vesta Seated AE As 37-38 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left. Rev: VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. 9.90 grams, 26 mm.
Good fine, cleaned and conserved.
From a 1980s UK collection. Property of a London antiquarian.
