LOT 3530
Augustus AR Denarius. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Lugdunum mint.
CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVG[VSTI F COS DESIG] PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting hand on round shield; behind each shield, spear; above, simpulum, lituus and X; C L CAESARES in exergue. RIC 212; BMC 538; Cohen 43. Good Very Fine.(3.72gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3530
Augustus AR Denarius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Hadrian AE As. Struck circa AD 132-134. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to left / FELICITATI AV[G] above, COS III P P in exergue, [S] C across field, galley rowed to left by four oarsmen: at the bow mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern hortator. RIC II 719. 11.70gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 183. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / TR P VIII • IMP VI COS IIII P P, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her right hand and large sceptre in left. RIC 65; BMC 112 corr. (bust type); Cohen 905. 2.60gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. Struck AD 79. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. RIC II 246 (Vespasian); BMCRE 269 (Vespasian); RSC 393. 2.98gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
