LOT 3755
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284. Uncertain mint.
IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.(3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero AR Denarius. Circa AD 64-65. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
[NE]RO CAESAR AVGVS[TVS], laureate head to right / [IVPPITER] CVSTOS Jupiter seated to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC I 53; BMC 74; Cohen 119. 3.33gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa late AD 268-late AD 269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC V 213; RIC V online 1022; Cohen 136. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 200-201. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head to right / VICT AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding wreath over shield set on low base. RIC IV 170; BMCRE 209; RSC 670. 2.70gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rough surfaces.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
