LOT 3385
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 198. Rome mint.
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. RIC 133a. Near Very Fine.(3.57gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
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Caligula AE As. AD 37-38. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera and sceptre; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.21gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. Struck circa 19-18 BC. Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Head to right, wearing oak wreath / CAESAR above, AVGVSTVS below, S P above and Q R beneath shield inscribed CL V; laurel branches (or trees) flanking. For prototype: RIC I 36a; ACIP 4037; RSC 51. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light old cabinet tone.
Acquired from cgb.fr, Paris on 11 December 2010. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTORVM, priestly implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, patera, and lituus. RIC IV 143 (Decius); RSC 14. 3.00gr, 22m, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
