LOT 3550
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 73. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS IIII TR P P P, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Victory advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath; to right, star. RIC2 1454. Very Fine. Rare obverse legend.(3.21gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 264-265. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta Fourrée Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. For prototype cf. RIC IV 55b (Decius). 4.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ in right field, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI 32b. 5.99gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
