LOT 3148
Augustus AV Aureus. 27 BC-AD 14.
Lugdunum mint; struck 2 BC-AD 4. [CAESA]R AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER [PATRIAE], laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, each togate and resting hand on shield; spear behind each shield, lituus and simpulum above, [C L] CAESARES in exergue. RIC I 206; BMCRE 513-18; Calicó 176; Lyon 81; BN 1648. Near Fine.(7.76gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. COR SALONIN[A AV]G, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNONI CONS AVG, antelope walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1, 16 (sole reign); MIR 725cc; RSC 70. 2.13gr, 23 mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Small die break on reverse. Some toned silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Julian II BI Nummus. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Heraclea mint. 1st officina. D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; HERACLA below. RIC VIII 105. 2.84gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 330. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. 2.22gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
