LOT 4129
Valerian II, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 253-255. Viminacium mint.
P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, young Jupiter riding on goat to right and raising hand. RIC V.1 13 (Rome); MIR 860b; RSC 29 var. (bust type). Very Fine. Toned.(3.26gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4129
Valerian II, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE Dupondius. Circa 25 BC. Pergamum or Ephesos mint.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Large C A within laurel wreath with prows framed by double-pelleted border. RIC 501 (Pergamum); RPC 2234; C. Howgego, Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East, NC 1982, Class 2b. 14.11gr, 27mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 10.14gr, 28mm, 7h.
`Good Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome.
