Rome mint; struck AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right / PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P, Trajan and Hadrian standing facing each other and holding globe between them. BMC -; Cohen 1009 var. (HADRIANO); RIC 3. 2.62gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Possibly after Giovanni Cavino. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITATI AVG in two lines across ship's sail, COS III P P S C in two lines beneath galley sailing to right. Cf. Klawans pp. 76-77, 1 (silver). 29.55gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London antiquarian.
Rome mint; struck AD 132-134. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COS III P P CLEMENTIA AVG, Clementia standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 714; BMC 1434 note. 10.75gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Unpublished Bust Variety of a Rare Type
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right; drapery on far shoulder / CAPP-A-DOCIA, Cappadocia, wearing turreted headdress, standing to left, holding Mount Argaeus and vexillum; S C across fields. RIC II.3 - (unrecorded bust type) (cf. 1641-1647); BMCRE - (same) (cf. 1729-1734). 11.18gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Unrecorded bust type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2625; BMCRE 981-2 (Hadrian); RSC 1. 2.61gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Rome, AD 140. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT COS III, she-wolf and twins to right, within cave. RIC III 95; BMCRE 244; RSC 915. 3.17gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
Rome mint. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head to right. RIC III 417a. 3.04gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Rome mint; struck AD 140. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / TIBERIS, Tiber reclining to left, leaning on urn which pours out water, resting right hand on prow and holding reed; S C in exergue. RIC III 642a; Cohen 819; BMCRE 1313. 28.04gr, 33 mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, radiate head to right / IMPERATOR, Victory flying to right, holding trophy with both hands, pointing upward to right; S C across lower fields. RIC III 724; Cohen 435. 14.36gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
Rome mint; struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe with right hand and lifting hem of skirt with left; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). 24.46gr, 33mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent; collector's ticket included.
Rome mint; struck AD 164-165. ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIX IMP II COS III, Annona standing to left, emptying cornucopia into modius, foot on globe. RIC III 125; BMCRE 359; RSC 474. 2.68gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. 3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.
Property of a Norwich, UK, collector.