LOT 3155
Nerva AE As. AD 96-98.
Rome mint. IMP NERVA [...], laureate head to right / FORTVNA [...], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC II 83. Fine.(9.14gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 248. 3rd officina. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, goat standing to left; III in exergue. RIC IV 224; RSC 72. 4.05gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS P P, Mars standing to left, holding olive-branch and spear. RIC IV 7d; BMCRE 28 var. (bust type); RSC 207 var. (same). 3.45g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
