LOT 3545
Nero AE Quadrans. AD 64. Rome mint.
NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER, crested helmet on column, round shield decorated with Gorgoneion to right, spear behind / P M TR P IMP P P, laurel branch; S C across fields. RIC I 255; BMCRE 294. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 7h. Lightly toned.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck July-December AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
IMP CAES VESP AVG PM, laureate head to right / TRI POT, veiled Vesta seated to left, holding simpulum in outstretched right hand. RIC II.I 46. 3.28gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
