LOT 3302
Augustus AR Denarius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Antistius Vetus, moneyer.
[C ANTISTIVS] VETVS III VIR, draped bust of Venus to right, wearing stephane / COS [I]MP CAESAR • AVGV XI in three lines, simpulum and lituus above; tripod and patera below. RIC I 367; BMCRE 98-99; RSC 348. Near Very Fine. Bankers' marks on both sides.(3.77gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constans(?) AE Centenionalis. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
[...]SDEM[...](sic), pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust to right / ECTI[...](sic), soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; ICOI(sic) in exergue. 1.56gr, 16mm. 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Hercules standing to right, looking left, holding apple and resting right hand on club; VIIC• below. RIC -. 3.60gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTORVM, priestly implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, patera, and lituus. RIC IV 143 (Decius); RSC 14. 3.00gr, 22m, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
