LOT 2846
Galba AE Sestertius. AD 68-69.
Rome mint. [...] CAESA[...], laureate head to right / [LIBERTAS PVBLICA], Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; [S C] across fields. Cf. RIC I 349. Fine.(27.12gr, 34mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
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Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 145gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[ILITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum with right hand sceptre with left; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 3.16gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
