LOT 3597
Julian II AR Siliqua. AD 360-363. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; SLVG in exergue. RIC 227; RSC 163†b. Good Very Fine.(2.04gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.01gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; PT in exergue. RIC VI 29b. 11.14gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
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. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
