LOT 3604
Nero AR Denarius. AD 67-68. Rome mint.
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P P, laureate head to right / SA-LVS, Salus seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera and resting left hand at side. RIC I 72; RSC 320. Near Very Fine. Iridescent toning.(3.05gr, 18mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 121-123. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Clementia standing to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre, and resting elbow on column; CLEM in exergue. RIC II.3 497 var. (bust type); BMCRE 254; RSC 214a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Agrippina I AE Sestertius. Circa AD 42-43. Rome mint.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right, with hair in long plait / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 219-221 (Claudius); BN 236. 27.48gr, 37mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly smoothed in the fields. Nice dark green patina.
Acquired on the UK market. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; MKA in exergue. RIC VI 35. 6.42gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A well struck example.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
