LOT 2842
Nero AE Dupondius. AD 54-68.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated to right, resting elbow on back of chair and head on hand, holding sceptre; torch standing on bucranium and leaning against garlanded altar to right, S C in exergue. RIC I 518; Cohen 324; BMCRE 341. Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant light green patina.(12.88gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX A[VG], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right and sceptre with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100, 212 & 248. 1.72gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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. -
Divus Valerian II AR Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. Consecration issue. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261k; RSC 13. 2.65gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
