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LOT 3020
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 299-300. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Є in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC 53a. Very Fine.(9.69gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus Bi Antoninianus. Imitative specimen after the Rome mint issues of AD 267-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIEN[VS A]VG, radiate head to right / [APOLLINI] COS AVG, griffin to left; L in exergue. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 166 (sole reign); cf. MIR 718b; cf. RSC 76. 2.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck AD 153-154. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Annona standing to left, holding two grain ears with her right hand and resting her left hand on modius set on prow. RIC III 231; RSC 291. 3.49gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in extended right hand, and cradling cornucopia in left arm; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II 329; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; BN 343; RSC 67. 3.34gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
