LOT 3401
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome mint.
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT • AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding ribbon over shield on low base. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 247 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 206. Near Very Fine.(3.06gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Julian II AE 28mm. AD 361-363. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, bull standing to right; two stars above, CVZΓ in exergue. RIC VIII 127. 8.91gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 44. 6.74gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
