LOT 3009
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Serdica mint; struck AD 274. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVICTO, Sol walking to left between two captives, extending arm and holding globe; XXIT in exergue. RIC V 311 var.; MER-RIC 2715 (temporary). Very Fine.(3.26gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). 2.76gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; PTR in exergue. RIC VII 433. 2.82gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
By inheritance; Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Ephesus mint; struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram; all within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; cf. RPC II 822. 3.41gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
