LOT 3556
Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Rome mint.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head to right / S C on shield supported by two capricorns, with globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); BMCRE 129-131 (Titus); RSC 497. Near Very Fine.(3.55gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 298a; Cohen 111; Hunter 134. 22.24gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA PE AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; ς in right field. 2.21gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). 3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
