LOT 3320
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 71. Ephesus mint.
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1428; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; RSC 67. Good Very Fine.(3.30gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears and cornucopia; modius containing corn ears at feet. RIC IV 26; BMCRE 41; RSC 47a. 2.89gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good 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. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Colonia Agrippinensis or Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IM]P CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG C[OS II], laureate head to right / • T • R • P • III • IMP • V • COS • II, captive seated to right with hands bound behind back; pile of arms in background to right. RIC IV 433; BMCRE 406; RSC 659. 3.37gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
