LOT 3109
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
London mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, F-B across fields; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 250; C&T 9.06.017; RML 1087. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.22gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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LOT 3109
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint. Struck AD 270-271. [DIVO C]LAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATI[O], altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1, 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 2.94 gr, 19 mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. 3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 275. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, radiate Sol advancing to right, holding olive branch and bow, trampling captive collapsing to right, head reverted, raising a protective arm; B in left field, XXIR in exergue. RIC V.1 64. 4.25gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
