LOT 4071
Divus Augustus AE Sestertius. AD 21-22. Rome mint.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.(25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441.
Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249.
Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523.
Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 4071
Divus Augustus AE Sestertius.
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,890 (EUR 2,192; USD 2,552) +BP*
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Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing facing, head to left, holding staff, surmounted by dragon's head, in her right hand. RIC 12b; Cohen 16. 2.33gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antiochia mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, diademed and laureate, to right, seen from rear / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Δ to right. RIC 381 corr.; cf. RIC V Online 3106.37; Bland, Coinage 7; CBN 1246-7. 3.77gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. London mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, spear across shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Victories facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR set on altar decorated with star in wreath; PLN in exergue. RIC VII 168; C&T 9.01.020. 3.40gr, 21mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From William Boyd Collection. Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, October 2005. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by an old coin ticket.
