LOT 3316
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram of ΦΥ; all within oak wreath. RIC II.1 1414 (R3); RPC II 822; RSC -. (NGC graded XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-008).).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 309-310. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-221. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, emptying cornucopia held with both hands; in field to right, eight-pointed star. RIC IV 56; BMC 192; Cohen 1. 2.82gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 246. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ANN]ONA AVGG, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; S C across field. RIC IV 168d; Cohen 29. 18.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near 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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
