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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius I to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 4.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing facing, head to left, her legs crossed, holding long sceptre in her right hand and leaning her left elbow on column. RIC 151; Cohen 327. 4.84gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nero AE Quadrans. AD 64. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER, crested helmet on column, round shield decorated with Gorgoneion to right, spear behind / P M TR P IMP P P, laurel branch; S C across fields. RIC I 255; BMCRE 294. 2.05gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
