LOT 3325
Vespasian AE Semis. AD 74. Rome mint. Struck for circulation in the East.
IMP • VESP • AVG, laureate head to left / PON • TR • POT, winged caduceus. RIC II -; RPC -; McAlee 377. Very Fine. Very rare with this reverse legend.(3.15gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Divus Constantine I AE 16mm. AD 347-348. Alexandria mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D V CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled head to right / Deified emperor standing to right; VN-MR across fields, SMALA in exergue. RIC VIII 32. 1.76gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 2.57gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
