LOT 3538
Gaius (Caligula) AE Quadrans. AD 40-41. Rome mint.
C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRO N AVG, pileus between S C / COS TERT PON M TR P IIII P P around R CC. RIC 52; Cohen 7; BMC 64. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(2.74gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, laureate head right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC II.1 708; Cohen 332; BMCRE 449-50. 9.14gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AR Denarius. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVG[VSTI F COS DESIG] PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting hand on round shield; behind each shield, spear; above, simpulum, lituus and X; C L CAESARES in exergue. RIC 212; BMC 538; Cohen 43. 3.72gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian AE Nummus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian and Severina standing clasping hands; in field above, radiate and draped bust of Sol to right. RIC 80corr.; BnF 298-300; MIR 145d; MER-RIC 1871. 6.50gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
