LOT 3549
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck July-December AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESP AVG PM, laureate head to right / TRI POT, veiled Vesta seated to left, holding simpulum in outstretched right hand. RIC II.I 46. Near Very Fine.(3.28gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 183. 3.66gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian III AE Nummus. AD 425-455. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[D N P]LA VALEN[TINIANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICE, cross; in left field, T; in exergue, [R]M. RIC IX 2110; LRBC -. 0.96gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Postumus wearing cuirass and standing to right, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 3.44gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
