LOT 2853
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VES[PAS AVG CO]S II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram; all within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; RPC II 822; BMC 439. About Good Very Fine.(3.32gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CART[H] in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 1.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some delamination on reverse.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. 3.03gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Allectus BI Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding signum in each hand; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC 70; Burnett, Coinage 127. 2.76gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
