LOT 3091
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head to right, wearing oak wreath / CAESAR above, AVGVSTVS below, S P above and Q R beneath shield inscribed CL V; laurel branches (or trees) flanking. For prototype: RIC I 36a; ACIP 4037; RSC 51. Extremely Fine. Light old cabinet tone.(2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from cgb.fr, Paris on 11 December 2010.
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LOT 3091
Augustus Fourrée Denarius.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Valentinian II AE 13mm. AD 375-392.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Alexandria mint; struck AD 378-383. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ALEB(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. 1.41gr, 13mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
