LOT 3109
Caracalla, as Caesar AE As. AD 196-198.
Rome mint; struck AD 196-197. [M AVR] ANTONINVS C[AES], bare-headed and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SEVERI [AVG P II FIL], lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler; S C in exergue. RIC IV 404; Cohen 586; BMCRE 615. Near Very Fine.(10.75gr, 25mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Late Roman Imperial of Constantinian Family AE Nummi [7]. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Group comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 18.28gr total, 17-20mm
Very Fine - Extremely Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 268. 1st officina. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing to left, raising his right hand and holding whip with left; P in left field. RIC V.2, 316 note (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 213d. 2.84gr, 21mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 3rd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 125; Cohen 32. 5.32gr, 24mm, 5h
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 89, 12 May 2024, lot 716 (since professionally cleaned); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
