LOT 3106
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Antioch mint; struck AD 327-329. 2nd officina. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; •SMANTB in exergue. RIC VII 82. Good Very Fine.(3.26gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. COR SALONIN[A AV]G, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNONI CONS AVG, antelope walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1, 16 (sole reign); MIR 725cc; RSC 70. 2.13 gr, 23 mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Small die break on reverse. Some toned silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 69-81.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG [F], bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on chest / [C]ONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopiae; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1446 (Vespasian); RPC II 847 corr. (bust type); BMCRE 471 corr. (bust type) (Vespasian); RSC 38 var. (bust type). 3.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vitellius AE As. AD 69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Spanish (Tarraco?) mint; struck circa January-June AD 69. A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head to left / VICTORIA [AVGVSTI], Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in two lines; S C across fields. RIC I 46; CSB 53. 9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex UK private collection.
