LOT 2849
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram; all within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; cf. RPC II 822. Good Very Fine.(3.41gr, 18mm, 1h.).
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 2849
Vespasian AR Denarius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint; struck AD 164-165. ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIX IMP II COS III, Annona standing to left, emptying cornucopia into modius, foot on globe. RIC III 125; BMCRE 359; RSC 474. 2.68gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and supporting anchor with left. Cf. RIC V.1 489 (sole reign) (mintmark in exergue). 3.56gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From a London, UK, collection 1990s.
