LOT 4225
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Zeno.
D N ZENO PERP AVG (AV ligate), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; M-D across fields, star to left, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3601; Lacam pl. 53, 55; Depeyrot 39/1. About Mint State. Extremely rare.(4.34gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4225
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Divus Augustus AE Sestertius. AD 21-22. Rome mint.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,890
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. 25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.
Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523. Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 157-158. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG PII F, bare head to right / TR POT XII COS II, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre. RIC 475 note (Pius); RSC 729. 3.32gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
