LOT 3315
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes, dolphin to right above, raven standing to right below. RIC I 109; BMCRE 39-40; RSC 111. Near Very Fine.(2.81gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Struck AD 298-303. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 155-156. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P IMP II?], laureate head to right / TR POT XIX [COS IIII?], Annona seated to right, holding cornucopia with both hands; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC III 956. 10.22gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
