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LOT 2890
Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. Very Fine.(10.22gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Antioch mint; struck AD 72-73. [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1554; RPC II 1927; BMCRE 505; RSC 74. 3.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Interesting with inner linear circle on the reverse (possibly auxiliary line for the engraver).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-351. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor standing to left, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Rho labarum; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 112. 4.61gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck after AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.21gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
