LOT 3631
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 164. Rome mint.
L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, bare head to right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, S C in exergue, Emperor on horse springing to right, brandishing spear at Armenian enemy cowering beneath horse. RIC 1404. Near Very Fine.(9.12gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club draped with lion skin set on rock. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. 2.98gr, 17mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Decentius, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
2nd officina. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in three lines above column; TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 308. 5.15gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 2.17gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
