LOT 3314
Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. Good Fine.(2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. 3.59gr, 22mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; KA in exergue. RIC VI 10b. 10.77gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 71. Ephesus mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG EPHE (partially ligate) in two lines within wreath. RIC II.1 1427; RPC II 829; BMCRE 451; RSC 40. NGC graded XF 4/5 - 2/5 (#8465280-010).
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
