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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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Z below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3110. 2.83gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 234. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; PLON(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 292; C&T 10.01.007; RML 1105. 3.20gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Magnus Maximus AE Minimus AD 383- 388. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES ROMANORVM, camp gate with star between its two turrets; [PCON] in exergue. RIC IX 29a. 1.09gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1169. Property of a London antiquarian.
