LOT 4078
Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
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 4078
Vespasian AE Dupondius.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Gallienus AV Aureus. AD 260-268. Rome mint.
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, draped, standing to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left. RIC V.1 90e; Göbl 406l. 2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Exceptionally Rare; no others on CoinArchives, thus the first to come to auction in at least 20 years.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE As. AD 88. Rome mint.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitian, togate, standing to left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over altar; to left lyre and flute players standing to right; in background, hexastyle temple; S C in exergue. BMC 434; Cohen 85; RIC 623. 10.35gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AV Solidus. AD 397-402. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed to bust / VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1206d; Depeyrot 16/2. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A bright and lustrous example.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
