LOT 3066
Nero & Drusus Caesar AE Dupondius. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively.
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES, Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding to right, cloaks flying behind them / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius); BMCRE 44. Very Fine. Smoothed.(16.27gr, 28mm, 5h).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s;
Acquired from an EU collector living in London;
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ticinum mint; struck AD 278. 4th emission; 1st officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate bust to left, seen from behind, holding square shield and spear / VIRTVS AVG, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear with left hand and trophy on right shoulder; PXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 - (cf. 430 var.); probuscoins.fr 2276. 3.57gr, 23mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare bust type.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 36-37. "Tribute Penny" type. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to left, holding long vertical sceptre and branch, on chair with ornamented legs above one exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Darkly toned.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Balbinus AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Rome mint; struck April - June AD 238. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to left, holding wand over globe in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. RIC IV 7; Cohen 23; BMC 33. 2.69gr, 20mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Toned.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 56, 7 October 1991, 588; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 340 (dealer's ticket included).
