LOT 3143
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 244-249.
Rome mint; struck AD 248. 6th officina. 9th emission. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, antelope walking to left. RIC IV 161; Banti 50. Good Very Fine. Light brown patina. '5786' on reverse.(16.31gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx private Hertfordshire, UK, collection, and David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK, 1990 (collector's tickets included).
FootnotesLudi Saeculares were secular games, and they were celebrated only once in a century, because it was scarcely given to a man to see them more than once in his life (in particular, the Romans reckoned a saeculum as the longest possible length of human life, either 100 or 110 years in length).
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LOT 3143
Philip I AE Sestertius.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Rome mint; struck AD 161. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over shoulders / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, Marcus Aurelius, togate, on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands, each holding a scroll in his left hand; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 795-797 var. (bust type); Cohen 45-47 var. (same). 26.55gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare bust type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 320. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, two Victories standing, holding shield supported by column inscribed VOT P R in two lines; back to back captives between P-L in exergue. RIC VII 82. 3.61gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar which is described with 'C'; T T in exergue. RIC VII, 93 (R3). 3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
