LOT 3064
Tiberius, as Caesar AE As . AD 4-14.
Lugdunum mint, struck AD 12-14. [TI CAESAR] AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylised male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 245 (Augustus); Cohen 37; BMCRE 585 (Augustus). Near Very Fine.(10.04gr, 25mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 309-337.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
London mint. Struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing facing, head to left, holding globe with extended right hand and whip with left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 153; C&T 7.03.006; RML 307. 4.58gr, 23mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Decentius, as Caesar BI Centenionalis. AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories holding between them shield, inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines, staurogram above; AMB(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 18. 4.43gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552; Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.
