LOT 3205
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar which is described with 'C'; T T in exergue. RIC VII, 93 (R3). Extremely Fine. Very rare.(3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms. RIC IV 129a; RSC 325. 3.40gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
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. 3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Augustus AE Sestertius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Uncertain Asian mint; struck 25 BC. [AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / C A within laurel wreath. RIC I 501 (Pergamum); BMCRE 713 (Pergamum); CBN 956 (Pergamum); RPC I 2233 (Asia). 23.17gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
