LOT 2864
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Rome mint; struck AD 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT II, laureate head to right / COS III PATER PATRAE, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. RIC II 34; RSC 51. Near Very Fine.(3.04gr,18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. 3.56gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful glossy dark brown patina.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. M COMMODVS ANTON [AVG PIVS BRIT], laureate head to right / [P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P?], Victory seated to right on shields, holding palm branch and inscribing shield set on lap; [S C] across lower fields, [VICT BRIT] in exergue. Cf. RIC III 452; cf. Cohen 946; cf. BMCRE 560. 18.51gr, 28mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 278-279. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Roma as amazon standing facing, head to left, holding Victory and spear; shield on ground, IIII in exergue. RIC V.2 112; probuscoins.fr 158; Bastien 298. 4.00gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
