LOT 2848
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 / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. Good Very Fine.(3.41gr, 19mm, 6h.).
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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LOT 2848
Vespasian AR Denarius.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IM[...]G, radiate head to right / Incuse of obverse? 2.60gr, 21mm.
Very Fine. Brockage example.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus II, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. C PIV [...]VS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.42gr, 18mm.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. 1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
