LOT 2899
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in extended right hand, and cradling cornucopia in left arm; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II 329; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; BN 343; RSC 67. Good Very Fine.(3.34gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s;
Acquired from an EU collector living in London;
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
![Group of Twelve [12] AR Denarius and BI Antoninianus Roman Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/249384-s(2).jpg)
Group of Twelve [12] AR Denarius and BI Antoninianus Roman Coins. 1st century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: various emperors, denominations and reverse types. 30.13gr, 17-24mm.
As seen.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 305-306. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over right shoulder and ornately decorated shield on left arm / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Emperor riding down barbarian on horseback to right, holding shield in his left hand and about to spear downward at second barbarian kneeling right before him; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 66a. 10.83gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
