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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Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe. RIC IV 83; RSC 41. 4.01gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Denarius Struck AD 137-July 138. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her outstretched right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC II.3, 2320; BMC 695; Cohen 1204. 2.52gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
