LOT 3695
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. Near Very Fine.(3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck January AD 276. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left; C A below. RIC 61; Bastien 64; CBN 1449-53; RIC V online 3289. 3.69gr, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 183. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / TR P VIII • IMP VI COS IIII P P, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her right hand and large sceptre in left. RIC 65; BMC 112 corr. (bust type); Cohen 905. 2.60gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nero AE As. AD 54-68. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, bare head to right, with globe at point of bust / Victory flying to left, holding shield inscribed [S P Q R] with both hands; S C across fields. RIC 477; Cohen 292; BMC 378. 10.78gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
