LOT 2862
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.(10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesProto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
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Gaius (Caligula) AE Sestertius. AD 37-41.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint; struck AD 37-41. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head to left / S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37; Cohen 24; BMCRE 38; BN 50. 24.28gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; Ex Divus Numismatik (dealer's ticket included). -
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Group of Three [3] AR and One [1] Fourrée Antoniniani. AD 238-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Three antoniniani of Gordian III (AD 238-244) and one of Philip II, as Caesar (AD 244-247). Collector's tickets included. 17.96gr total, 21-25mm.
Good Very Fine to Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, radiate head to right / IMPERATOR, Victory flying to right, holding trophy with both hands, pointing upward to right; S C across lower fields. RIC III 724; Cohen 435. 14.36gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
