LOT 3453
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.(4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Ortiz collection.
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Caracalla, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 196-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, bare-headed and draped bust to right / [DESTINATO IMPE]RAT, lituus, apex, bucranium and simpulum. RIC IV 6 note; BMCRE 194; RSC 53. 3.03gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. 2.54gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). 7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.
From 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.
