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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 - Diocletian - Jupiter AE Antoninianus 289-290 A.D.
Estimate: £45 - 65 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Lugdunum mint. Obv: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG legend with radiate and consular robed bust left holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev: IOVI AVGG legend with Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe and resting on sceptre; A in exergue. 4.24 grams.
Good very fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Claudius II Gothicus - Felicitas AE Antoninianus 268-269 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Milan mint. Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG legend with radiate and draped bust right. Rev: FELIC TEMPO legend with Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and sceptre; T in exergue. 3.17 grams.
Extremely fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Aurelian - Double-Struck and Flipped AE Antoninianus Circa 275 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint. Obv: [ ][ AVRELIANVS AVG legend with radiate bust right; part overstruck with the reverse die. Rev: CONCORDIA MILITUM legend with emperor clasping hands with Concordia; mintmark [ ]*T (visible on obverse); with traces of obverse showing. 3.38 grams total.
Good very fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
An unusual minting error.
