LOT 3300
Augustus AR Denarius. 15 BC. Lugdunum mint.
AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head to right / Apollo Citharoedus of Actium standing to left, holding plectrum and lyre; IMP • X across fields, ACT in exergue. RIC I 171a; Lyon 28; BMCRR Gaul 175-6; RSC 144; BN 1396-401. Near Very Fine. Light old cabinet tone. Banker's mark on obverse.(3.56gr, 19mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
FootnotesApollo Actius is honoured by Augustus in this reverse type for his victory at the Battle of Actium, where an ancient temple dedicated to Apollo overlooked the sea. Augustus also had the temple enlarged and renovated as an expression of his gratitude, and he similarly dedicated the Actian Games in further celebration.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and transverse sceptre; S in right field, XXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 720. 3.98gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 9.88gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. RIC 133a. 3.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
