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LOT 3311
Claudius I AE As. Circa AD 41-50. Contemporary imitation.
Bare head to left / Minerva standing to right, hurling javelin and holding rounded shield; S C across lower fields. For prototype, cf. RIC I 100, Cohen 83, BMCRE 149. Near Very Fine.(5.25gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head to right / S C on shield supported by two capricorns, with globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); BMCRE 129-131 (Titus); RSC 497. 2.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 203-208. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / PROVID DEORVM, Providentia standing to left, holding sceptre and wand over globe. RIC IV 51; BMCRE 458 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 170. 3.42gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. "Tribute Penny" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding inverted spear and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 28 corr. (ornamented legs); Lyon 146; RSC 16b. 3.69, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Beautifully toned.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
