LOT 3432
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club draped with lion skin set on rock. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. Very Fine.(2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-70. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / Judaea seated to right against trophy; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II.1 2; BMCRE 35; RSC 226. 3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296. London(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
Julian II BI 28mm. AD 361-363. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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; •CONSPA(palm branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 162. 8.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
