LOT 3394
Caracalla Fourrée Denarius. AD 197-217. Laodicea mint. Barbarous issue.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to his feet to right, globe. RIC IV 327; BMCRE p.384, 157 / pl. 64, 10. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.47gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 71. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; monogram below. RIC 1428 var.; cf. RPC II 827C (slightly differing monogram). 2.25gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa mid 270-August 270. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton over globe and long scetpre; ς in right field. RIC V.1 94 var.; MER-RIC 483 (temporary); Normanby 946. 2.63gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate head to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 828; C. 58; BMCRE 1016. 11.85gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
