LOT 2843
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P, laureate head to left, small globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. RIC I 525; BMCRE 356 var. (bust type). Near Very Fine. Scarce.(12.70gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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Anonymous Lead Tessera. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Fortuna standing to left, holding cornucopiae and rudder / DP. Rostowzew 2307; CNG e341, 333. 1.35g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[ILITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum with right hand sceptre with left; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 3.16gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and rudder; VIIC in exergue. RIC V.1 616. 3.70gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
