LOT 3313
Nero AE Sestertius. Circa AD 65. Lugdunum mint.
NERO • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG [GER P M TR P IMP P P ?], laureate head to left, globe at point of bust / Emperor on horseback to right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback to right, holding vexillum; S C across fields, DECVRSIO in exergue. Cf. RIC I 437. Near Very Fine.(25.90gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Julia Soaemias AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated to left, holding apple and sceptre; child at feet. RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 56 (Elagabalus); RSC 14. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas, draped, standing to left, holding winged caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; S C across fields. RIC II 625 var. (bust). 27.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
