LOT 3882
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321-323. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, surmounted by globe, with three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 279; C&T 9.05.020; RML 1040. Near Very Fine.(3.17gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate head to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 828; C. 58; BMCRE 1016. 11.85gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 262-mid AD 263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, helmeted, standing to right, holding long spear in right hand and grounded shield in left. RIC V 93; RIC V.4 207; AGK 102; Cunetio 2400; Elmer 190. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 318. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CRISPVS NOBIL CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus to right / PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding inverted spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; in field to left, T within wreath; R S in exergue. RIC 134. 3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
