LOT 2883
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 161-169.
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.(3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing to left, holding laurel branch and leaning on tripod to right; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 610 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1670k; RSC 927a. 3.36gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 69-81.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG [F], bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on chest / [C]ONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopiae; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1446 (Vespasian); RPC II 847 corr. (bust type); BMCRE 471 corr. (bust type) (Vespasian); RSC 38 var. (bust type). 3.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina Senior AE Sestertius. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe with right hand and lifting hem of skirt with left; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). 24.46gr, 33mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent; collector's ticket included.
