LOT 2855
Vespasian AE Dupondius. AD 69-79.
Rome mint; struck AD 74. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.(12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom UK private collection.
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LOT 2855
Vespasian AE Dupondius.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Gaius (Caligula) AE Sestertius. AD 37-41.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint; struck AD 37-41. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head to left / S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37; Cohen 24; BMCRE 38; BN 50. 24.28gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; Ex Divus Numismatik (dealer's ticket included). -
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 254-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELIC-ITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 87; MIR 73c; RSC 53. 2.64gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). 3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
