LOT 3606
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Uncertain mint.
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 29. Very Fine.(2.90gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). 4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
