LOT 3483
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint. 6th officina.
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton over globe and sceptre; ς in right field. RIC V.1 29; MER-RIC 1161 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(2.15gr, 22mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 106-107. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Abundantia standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius on ground on left, and cornucopia; prow to right below. RIC II 166; BMCRE 169; RSC 467a. 3.23gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field; SMAL below. RIC VII 52. 3.10gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Extremely rare variant.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 2.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
