LOT 3214
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q below. RIC 235. Near Extremely Fine.(2.95gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rome mint; struck AD 248. 6th officina. 9th emission. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, antelope walking to left. RIC IV 161; Banti 50. 16.31gr, 27mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Light brown patina. '5786' on reverse.
Ex private Hertfordshire, UK, collection, and David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK, 1990 (collector's tickets included).
Ludi Saeculares were secular games, and they were celebrated only once in a century, because it was scarcely given to a man to see them more than once in his life (in particular, the Romans reckoned a saeculum as the longest possible length of human life, either 100 or 110 years in length). -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270-271. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [DAC]IA FELIX, Dacia standing to left, holding long staff, surmounted by ass's head; S in exergue. RIC V.1 108; MER-RIC 1383 (temporary); Cohen 73. 3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
