LOT 3097
Claudius AE Sestertius. AD 41-54.
Rome mint; struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head to right / NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, The Arch of Nero Claudius Drusus: monumental triumphal arch consisting of a single arch and decorated piers set on raised base with four columns supporting ornate attic; attic containing central pediment decorated with simpulum and litui on either side; clipeus and ewer in flanking panels; attic surmounted by statue of Nero Claudius Drusus on horseback to right between two Germanic trophies, striking downwards with spear held in his right hand; S C across fields. RIC I 98; Cohen 48; BMCRE 122. Near Very Fine.(28.62gr, 36mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ambianum mint. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ω across fields, AMB in exergue. RIC VIII 34. 8.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
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Group of Two [2] Roman Imperial and Byzantine Coins. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 6.27gr total.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
