LOT 3014
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Serdica mint; struck AD 274-275. 3rd officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress clasping hands; star between them, KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V.1 16; MER-RIC 2823 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine.(4.21gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P F-EL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Commodus seated to left on curule chair, holding branch with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC III 212; RSC 555 bis; BMCRE 281. 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned with gold iridescence around devices.
Ex West Country, UK, collection. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / PACI • ORB TERR • AVG, turreted and draped female bust to right, [EPHE (ligate)] below. RIC II.1 1433; BMCRE 459; RSC 293. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Some delamination on obverse.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 259. 2nd officina. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate bust to right / P M TR P VII COS, veiled emperor seated to left, holding globe with right hand and short sceptre with left; MS in exergue. RIC V.1 310; RSC 826. 4.67gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Near full silvering remaining. Very rare variant.
From a London collection, 1990s.
