LOT 2901
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 92-94. Rome mint.
[IMP] CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER [P P], laureate head to right / Domitian standing to left, holding thunderbolt and spear, being crowned by Victory standing to left behind him; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 752; BMCRE 465. Very Fine.(23.26gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Group of Fourty Four [44] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising: Nummus and Antoninianus for various emperors and reverse types. 93gr total, 14-22 mm.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 350-355. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier, shield on arm, spearing falling horseman falling on to neck of horse, shield dropped to right; Γ in left field, ANΘ in exergue. RIC VII 132. 4.71gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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