LOT 3207
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. Near Extremely Fine.(3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Nero AR Denarius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Rome mint; struck AD 65-66. [NERO CAESAR] AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, set on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335. 3.46gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A little off-centre.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 21, 31 October 2015, lot 749. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rome mint; struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Serdica mint; struck AD 307-308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, standing to left, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ(?) in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 37. 6.91gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
