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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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS •, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. 3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P], bare head of Hadrian to right / [FELICITAS AVG], Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; at her feet in left field, wheel; across fields, S C. RIC II.3, 2251. 15.20gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 147-148. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius and anchor; COS IIII in exergue, S C in fields. RIC 840. 27.51gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
