LOT 2440
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Domitian - Minerva AR Denarius 85 A.D.
Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P IIII, laureate head right. Rev: IMP VIIII COS XI CENS POT P P, Minerva standing right on the capital of a rostral column, holding spear and shield, owl at foot right. About extremely fine.(2.78 grams, 19 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, collector.
LiteratureRIC 333, BMCRE 78+, RSC 180.
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LOT 2440
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Domitian - Minerva AR Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Balbinus - Clasped Hands AR Antoninianus 238 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £481
Obv: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate draped bust right. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, clasped hands. 4.84 grams, 21 mm.
Extremely fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Carausius - Camulodunum - AE Pax Antoninianus 286-293 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Camulodunum mint. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped bust facing right. Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing, holding (branch and) transverse sceptre, mintmark C. 3.19 grams, 24.01 mm.
Good fine. Rare.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Severus - Elephant AR Denarius 197 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint. Obv: bust right. Rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, elephant walking right. 2.26 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Commemorates the games also mentioned in the Historia Augusta that were given by Severus in mid 197 prior to his departure on his second Parthian expedition.
