LOT 3551
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / ROMA, Roma standing to left, holding Victory and spear; S C across fields. RIC II.1, 190; BMCRE-560. Near Very Fine.(26.46gr, 33mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS AG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed with VOT PR in two lines set on altar inscribed with lozenge; PLN in exergue. RIC VII 159; C&T 9.01.009. 2.89gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / ROMA, Roma standing to left, holding Victory and spear; S C across fields. RIC II.1, 190; BMCRE-560. 26.46gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. 1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
