LOT 3606
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 73. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Vespasian seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre in right hand and olive branch in left. RIC II.1 545; BMCRE p.19 note; RSC 387a. Very Fine.(3.50gr, 19mm, 11h.).
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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
2nd officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, captives below standard inscribed VOT XX; S T in exergue. RIC VII 116. 2.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on throne with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
