LOT 3822
Licinius BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Nicomedia mint.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMKΒ in exergue. RIC 15. Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.(3.81gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Titus AE Sestertius. AD 80-81. Flavian Latin mint in Thrace.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head to right / Mars walking to right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder; S C across field. RIC II 182 (Lugdunum); BMCRE 310 (Lugdunum); RPC II 502; Cohen 203. 24.42gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing facing, head to left, her legs crossed, holding long sceptre in her right hand and leaning her left elbow on column. RIC 151; Cohen 327. 4.84gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
