LOT 2898
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-209.
Laodicea mint. Struck under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, circa AD 202-203. P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bareheaded and draped bust to right / MARTI VICTORI, Mars, nude but for cloak flying from his waist, advancing to right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC IV 103; RSC 76. Near Extremely Fine.(3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 2.13gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. 3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.13gr, 19mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
