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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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, •SMKΓ• below. RIC VII 46. 3.33gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla Fourrée Denarius. AD 197-217. Laodicea mint. Barbarous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to his feet to right, globe. RIC IV 327; BMCRE p.384, 157 / pl. 64, 10. 2.47gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 82. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR P COS VIII DES VIIII P P, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with hand on hip; S C across fields. RIC II.1 105; Cohen 581; BN 285; BMCRE 274. 24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
