LOT 2889
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 15 BC. Lugdunum mint.
AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head to right / Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated to left on curule chair set on dais, extending his right hand toward two soldiers, each carrying parazonia and presenting laurel branches in their right hands; IMP • X in exergue. For prototype: RIC 165a; Lyon 13; RSC 133; BMCRE 445-6 = BMCRR Gaul 157-8; BN 1366-9. Near Very Fine.(2.98gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing each other, each holding spear and shield set on ground; two standards between them; above star; SCONST in exergue. RIC VII 350. 2.91gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standards; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149 (bust type); Huvelin, 'Chronologie du règne de Claude II le Gothique,' QT XXI (1992), pg. 312; Venèra 9251; cf. Cohen 89 (same). 2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. Time of the Severans, AD 193-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 202-210. Rome mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEPTA XX, Severus veiled, standing to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar. RIC 308; Cohen 791. Julia Domna Augusta AR Denarius. AD 196-211. Rome mint. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS PVBLICA, Pietas standing facing, head to left, at altar, raising both hands. RIC IV 574 (Severus); BMCRE 69 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 156. Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left with rudder and cornucopia. RIC 264a; RSC 181; BMC 327. 11.62gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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