LOT 2850
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. Good Very Fine.(3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. 3rd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. 2.85gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / DIVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan senior seated to left on curule chair, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC II 252 var. (bust type); BMCRE 500; Woytek 406b; RSC 140. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination on obverse.
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
