LOT 3610
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182. Rome mint.
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. Good Fine.(21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta Fourrée Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. For prototype cf. RIC IV 55b (Decius). 4.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. RIC V.4, 822; Elmer 779. 2.29gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
