LOT 3053
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S P across field, PLN in exergue. RIC 116; CT 8.09.021. Extremely Fine.(2.99gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics, E-sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1545.
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Group of Thirty Four [34] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising: Nummus and Antoninianus for various emperors and reverse types. 115gr total, 17-27 mm.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vandals, Municipal Coinage AE 4 Nummi. Circa AD 480-533. Carthage mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed, draped and cuirassed imperial bust to left; holding palm branch / N over IIII. MEC 51-6; MIB 20 (Hilderic); BMC Vandals p. 7, 12-14 (Huneric); Ladich p. 40, 5. 1.56gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint; 4th officina, 2nd emission.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing long beard / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left on chair with high back, feeding snake coiled around altar and placing her right hand on head of snake. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 76; RSC 114b (Antioch). NGC graded Ch XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-009).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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