LOT 3309
Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T] DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). Near Very Fine.(14.85gr, 30mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.01gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IVLIA MAMAEA [AVGVSTA], diademed and draped bust to right / V[E]S[T]A, Vesta, veiled, standing to left, holding palladium and sceptre; [S] C across fields. RIC IV 708 (Alexander); Cohen 311; BMCRE 389 (Alexander). 19.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes, dolphin to right above, raven standing to right below. RIC I 109; BMCRE 39-40; RSC 111. 2.81gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
