LOT 3553
Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. Near Very Fine.(11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP C] PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 3.58gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much of the original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. 2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. 21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
