LOT 3694
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276. Rome mint.
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars standing to left, holding olive branch in raised right hand and spear and shield resting on ground to left; XXIZ in exergue. RIC V.1 83; Cohen 15. Very Fine.(3.49gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 73. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Vespasian seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre in right hand and olive branch in left. RIC II.1 545; BMCRE p.19 note; RSC 387a. 3.50gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed I; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 95. 2.84gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Julian II AR Siliqua. Struck spring AD 360-26 June 363. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D N CL IVLI-ANVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with large central jewel; TR(palm) below. RIC VIII 365; RSC 157†b. 2.06gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
