LOT 2635
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tiberius - 'Tribute Penny' Denarius After 16 A.D.
Lugdunum mint. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head right. Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend with Livia, as Pax, seated right on throne, holding long sceptre and olive branch, chair legs ornamented, single line below. Very fine.(3.44 grams.).
ProvenanceThe Kusmirek Collection, UK.
LiteratureRIC 26; BMC 34; RSC 16; Sear 1763.
FootnotesThis is the coin type traditionally believed to have been shown to Jesus in the temple, referred to in the Christian new testament, and about which Jesus said 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's' (see Mark 12:17, Matthew 22:12 and Luke 20:25).
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LOT 2635
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tiberius - 'Tribute Penny' Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - Roma AE Sestertius 66 A.D.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £556
Lugdunum mint. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P legend with laureate bust right; globe at tip. Rev: Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet holding Victory and parazonium, shields on ground behind; ROMA in exergue. 21.44 grams.
Extremely fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Faustina I and Later - Large Bronzes [9] 2nd-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Group comprising: mixed issues and types. 105 grams total.
Fine.
Acquired Kleeford Auctions. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Ancient Roman Empire Coins - Mixed Bronzes Coin Group [50] 1st-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Group comprising: early bronzes (8), base antoninianii (5), late bronzes (37); each in annotated card coin holder. 285 grams total.
Fine; some better.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
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