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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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS [P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX [A]VG, Pax standing to left, holding wreath and sceptre. Cf. RIC 127 (letters in fields and in exergue). 2.56gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Drusus AE As. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 10.41gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Visigoths. Spain, Sisebut AV Tremissis. AD 612-621. Hispalis (Seville) mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £300
✠ ƧISEBYTYS RE, facing bust / ✠ ISPΛLIPIΥS, facing bust. MEC 232; CNV 219.35; cf. Miles, Visigoths 187(g). 1.46gr, 19mm, 6h.
About Mint State. Rare with retrograde S.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
