LOT 3552
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.(25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3552
Vespasian AE Sestertius.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Hadrian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. 21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
