LOT 3608
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head to right / PO[NTIF] MAXIM, emperor seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre and branch. RIC II.1 545; Cohen 387; BMC 1977. Near Very Fine. Darkly toned.(2.82gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Agrippina I AE Sestertius. Circa AD 42-43. Rome mint.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right, with hair in long plait / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 219-221 (Claudius); BN 236. 27.48gr, 37mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly smoothed in the fields. Nice dark green patina.
Acquired on the UK market. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.62gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 244-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding signum in each hand; S C across fields. RIC IV 172a; Cohen 59. 21.04gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
