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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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 24b. 10.66gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 158-159. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEP DECENN III, Pius standing to left, sacrificing with patera over altar to left; COS IIII below. RIC III 293a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Titus AR Denarius. AD 80. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter and Juno, with horizontal winged thunderbolt above. RIC II.1 119; BMCRE 51-54; RSC 316. 2.86gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
