LOT 4205
Constantius II AE 15mm. AD 347. Siscia mint. Uncertain officina.
CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTOR-IA AVGG, Victory walking to left, head to right, holding wreath in each hand; Christogram in right field; [mintmark in exergue]. Cf. RIC VIII 180. Very Fine.(1.03gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound North Lincolnshire, UK.
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LOT 4205
Constantius II AE 15mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. 7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.
Ex Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676. Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403. Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414. Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Emesa(?) mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / VICTOR SEVER AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RIC 428; BMC 399; Cohen 749. 2,64gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antiochia mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, diademed and laureate, to right, seen from rear / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Δ to right. RIC 381 corr.; cf. RIC V Online 3106.37; Bland, Coinage 7; CBN 1246-7. 3.77gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
