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Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 128-134. Rome mint.
Estimate: £500 - 600 (‡+bp*)
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 147-148. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
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. -
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe and lifting hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). 26.04gr, 35mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippensis). 2.05gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; Cohen 648. 3.78gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
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.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239. 3.18gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 2.97gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Zabid mint. Type D.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. 1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included).