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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 316. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius, turreted, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and cornucopia; T-F across fields, ATR in exergue. RIC VII 121. 2.60gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera from which liquor flows and cornucopiae; Є in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 12a. 11.09gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/10-337. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
CONSTATNVS[...], laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTͶON around wreath containing VOT • X in two lines; (inverted crescent)(star)AB below. 2.73gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
