LOT 3713
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. Near Very Fine.(3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £220
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 330. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 48. 1.79gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 209. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVII COS III P P, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre: by him; two children standing to left and right. RIC 226; RSC 525; BMCRE 1. 3.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
