LOT 3708
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). Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining on reverse.(3.64gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. 11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGV-STA, Ceres, veiled, standing to left, holding corn ears and torch. RIC 360 (Pius); BMCRE 408; RSC 78. 3.27gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
