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LOT 3078
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Rome mint; struck AD 97. Possibly contemporary imitation. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head to right / FORTVNA AVGVST, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopiae and rudder. RIC II 28; BMCRE 57; RSC 71. Near Very Fine.(3.16gr, 17mm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285-286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius with her right hand and cornucopia with her left; C in right field. RIC V.2 77; Cohen 410; Bastien 13. 4.13gr, 22mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 313-315. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VII 42. 3.32gr, 24mm, 6h
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Ephesus mint; struck AD 69-70. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left on throne, holding grain ears and poppy with right hand and cornucopia with left; sideways Φ under throne. RIC II.2 1400 var. (Φ in exergue); BMCRE -, cf. 434; RPC II 809 var. (same); RSC 65c var. (same). 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Unpublished variant of this very rare type.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
