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LOT 2893
Caligula AE As. AD 37-8. Rome mint.
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated to left on throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 46. Near Very Fine.(9.98gr, 29mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck spring AD 274. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
6th emission. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). 5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.
Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol, head to left, raising hand and holding whip, in spread quadriga facing; CM XXIV in two lines below. RIC V 911; probuscoins.fr 2791. 4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and spear, shield at her side; altar before. RIC IV.3 65. 4.11gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
