LOT 3554
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 71. Ephesus mint.
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG EPHE (partially ligate) in two lines within wreath. RIC II.1 1427; RPC II 829; BMCRE 451; RSC 40. (NGC graded XF 4/5 - 2/5 (#8465280-010).).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3554
Vespasian AR Denarius.
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian AE Nummus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian and Severina standing clasping hands; in field above, radiate and draped bust of Sol to right. RIC 80corr.; BnF 298-300; MIR 145d; MER-RIC 1871. 6.50gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
