LOT 2909
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251.
Rome mint. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing facing, head to left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 142b (Decius); RSC 11. Good Very Fine.(2.88gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 3.26gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Ephesus mint; struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram; all within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; cf. RPC II 822. 3.41gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, with legs crossed, holding caduceus with her right hand and leaning on column with left. RIC IV 335 (Alexander); BMCRE 483 and 485 (Alexander); RSC 17. 2.87gr, 21mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000.
