LOT 4074
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 RECEPT 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). `Good Fine.(10.14gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
FootnotesThe 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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LOT 4074
Germanicus AE Dupondius.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 379-395. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, raising hand; SMKΓ in exergue. RIC IX 29a. 2.64gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 146-147. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RIC 437; BMC 615; Cohen 600. 3.03gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antiochia mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, diademed and laureate, to right, seen from rear / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Δ to right. RIC 381 corr.; cf. RIC V Online 3106.37; Bland, Coinage 7; CBN 1246-7. 3.77gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
