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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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above, SMANTA and pellet below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1340. 1.71gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321-323. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CRISPVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, surmounted by globe, with three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 279; C&T 9.05.020; RML 1040. 3.17gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE As. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. bare-headed and draped bust to right / COS III P P, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 1350. 10.59gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
