LOT 3540
Claudius AE As. Struck AD 41-42. Contemporary (Romano-British?) imitation.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [...], bare head to left / S C across field, Minerva standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. RIC I, 100; cf. BMCRE 149; cf. BN 179. Near Very Fine.(8.73gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. 11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Twenty [20] Victorinus to Tetricus I AE Antoniniani Coins. 268-273 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Group comprising: Victorinus (7); Tetricus I (9); with others (4); various issues and reverse types. 47.30gr, total, 18-21mm.
About Very Fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
