LOT 2793
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Gallienus - Sol Billon AR Antoninianus 253-268 A.D.
Mint of Asia/Antioch. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Rev: AETERNITATI AVG, Sol, radiate, standing left with raised hand and holding globe, star in exergue. Good very fine.(4.40 grams, 21 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Ian Roper collection.
With three coin tickets.
RSC 51; Sear 10169; RIC 630.
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LOT 2793
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Gallienus - Sol Billon AR Antoninianus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tetricus II - Spes AR Antoninianus 271-274 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Trier mint, 251-253 AD. Obv: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right. Rev: SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of robe, both legs visible through robe. 1.97 grams, 18.49 mm.
About extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Claudius - Romano-British Imitation - SPQR Plated Denarius 41-54 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A silver plated contemporary forgery of Lugdunum. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VII IMP X legend with laureate bust right. Rev: SPQR PP OBCS legend in three lines within wreath. 2.73 grams, 18 mm.
Fair. Rare.
Found Hertfordshire, UK. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Unique Vitellius / Vespasian - Mule AR Denarius 69 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG anti-clockwise, laureate bust of Vespasian facing right. Rev: known Vitellius reverse die, XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes; dolphin above, raven below. 2.35 grams, 23 mm.
About very fine. Unique and unpublished, hence excessively rare.
Found in Bawdswell, Norfolk, UK, on 21st August 2021.
Dane Kurth, administrator of the award winning site wildwinds.com writes: ‘The reverse legend does not apply to Vespasian. XV VIR SACR FAC is the abbreviation of 'Quindecimvir Sacris Faciundis' = (Member of the) College of the fifteen priests in charge of the sacred, sibylline books, which Vespasian was not. Because Vespasian's elevation to the title of emperor occurred immediately after the fall of Vitellius (actually Vespasian was hailed as emperor when he was out of the country when Vitellius was still emperor), we can only presume that the mints needed to hurry to get coinage of Vespasian out, so, having engraved obverse dies, they possibly used the old Vitellius reverse die as test strikes. Supporting this is the fact that the Vespasian legend on the obverse is not dated by the use of any TR P or COS numbers, so was very likely struck early in his reign.'
