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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Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. 3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.
Property of a Norwich, UK, collector. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. 8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a Norwich, UK, collector. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 7th officina. IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDV[X], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder with right and cornucopia with left hand; Z in right field. RIC V.1, 41; MER-RIC 496 (temporary). 3.65gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 8h; double struck.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
