LOT 2899
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-209.
Rome mint; struck AD 209. P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / PONTIF COS II, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar and holding corn-ears. RIC IV 59a; BMCRE 584 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 114a. Good Very Fine.(3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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Aelius, Caesar AR Denarius. AD 136-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2625; BMCRE 981-2 (Hadrian); RSC 1. 2.61gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate head(?) to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 var. (bust). 3.02gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 324-325. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, empress standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in arms; SMNB in exergue. RIC VII 96. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
