LOT 3319
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-70. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / Judaea seated to right against trophy; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II.1 2; BMCRE 35; RSC 226. Good Very Fine.(3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 1-2; RSC 222a. 2.98gr, 18mm, 1h.
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. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. 10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). 4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
