LOT 3392
Caracalla, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 196-198. Rome mint.
M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, bare-headed and draped bust to right / [DESTINATO IMPE]RAT, lituus, apex, bucranium and simpulum. RIC IV 6 note; BMCRE 194; RSC 53. Near Very Fine.(3.03gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath with jewel at apex containing VOT • X, written in three lines; palm fronds to left and right, AQS in exergue. RIC VII 108. 3.30gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171-172. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground. RIC III 261; BMCRE 555; RSC 290. 3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONB in exergue. RIC IX 81. 4.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
