LOT 2861
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Rome, AD 86. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S-C across fields. RIC II.1 500; BMCRE 394. Near Very Fine.(8.51gr, 29mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; [T?] in exergue. RIC V.2 388; Cohen 441. 2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. 3.41gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDEN D-EOR, Fides standing to right, with two standards, facing Sol standing to left, with globe and hand raised; KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V online 3941. 3.94gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
