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 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate,draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe; XXIC in exergue. RIC 801. 4.15gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; ς between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. 'Tribute Penny' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, feet on footstool, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30; Lyon 152; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
