LOT 2985
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.(2.76gr, 21mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Vitellius AE As. AD 69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Spanish (Tarraco?) mint; struck circa January-June AD 69. A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head to left / VICTORIA [AVGVSTI], Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in two lines; S C across fields. RIC I 46; CSB 53. 9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex UK private collection. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. 3.03gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Six [6] AR Roman Denarii. 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Various rulers. 18.36gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
