LOT 2376
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tacitus - Spes AE Antoninianus 275-276 A.D.
Rome mint. Obv: IMP CM CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of robe, mintmarks: XXI epsilon. Extremely fine.(3.79 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
LiteratureRIC V-1, 94; Sear 11815.
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LOT 2376
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tacitus - Spes AE Antoninianus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Augustus - Phoenicia, Berytos - P. Quintillus Varus AE 6-4 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
P. Quintillus Varus as legate. Obv: IMP CAESA[R] AVGVSTVS], bare head of Augustus right. Rev: P QVINTILLVS V LRVS, two aquilae between legionary standards. 6.65 grams.
Good fine.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Varus later achieved fame as the commander who led three legions to destruction in the Teutoberger Wald during the German campaign of 9 A.D. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - AE Sestertius Circa 64 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rome mint. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right wearing aegis. Rev: S-C, Nero's triumphal arch, surmounted by quadriga, statue of Mars between columns. 25.43 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This arch has been identified as that decreed by the Senate in AD 58 to commemorate the eastern victories of Cn. Domitius Corbulo. It was located on the Capitoline Hill but the structure was probably demolished following Nero's downfall a decade later. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Lucilla - Pietas AE Sestertius 161-162 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £70
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust left. Rev: PIETAS, Pietas, veiled, standing left by garlanded altar, holding box of incense and raising right hand. S-C across fields. 21.55 grams.
Good fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
