LOT 3625
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / PROFECTIO AVG, Caracalla standing to right, holding transverse spear, two standards behind him, each surmounted by a hand. RIC 225; RSC 509. Very Fine.(3.04gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Struck under Hadrian, AD 119-120 (and later). Rome mint. Consecration issue.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 2.84gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320-321. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 229; C&T 9.03.014. 3.42gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
