LOT 2851
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / PACI • ORB TERR • AVG, turreted and draped female bust to right, [EPHE (ligate)] below. RIC II.1 1433; BMCRE 459; RSC 293. Extremely Fine. Some delamination on obverse.(3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.).
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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / INV-I-CTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising right hand and holding whip with left; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 521. 3.87gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint. Struck AD 270. 10th officina. [IMP C] M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MAR-TI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch with right hand, spear and shield with left; X in left field. RIC V.1 24 var. (not cuirassed); MER-RIC 1187 (temporary). 2.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some silvering remaining. Flan crack at 2h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 278-279. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Roma as amazon standing facing, head to left, holding Victory and spear; shield on ground, IIII in exergue. RIC V.2 112; probuscoins.fr 158; Bastien 298. 4.00gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
