LOT 3332
Domitian, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 80-81. Rome mint.
CAESAR • DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII •, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lit altar with horns. RIC II.1 266 (Titus); BMCRE 92-6 (Titus); BN 76-7 (Titus); RSC 397a. Extremely Fine. Attractive cabinet tone with golden and blue iridescence.(2.81gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to right, head to left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 111; RSC 39. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 272-337. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[...]-TiNVS AVG, laureate head to right / BEATA TRIIИOVILLITIS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines and surmounted by globe, three stars above; C R across fields, P⊥CI below. For prototype cf. RIC VII 131. 1.89gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very interesting and rare imitative issue.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 42.91gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
