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[ANT]ONINVS AVG PIVS [P P IMP II], laureate head to right / [TR] POT XX [COS] IIII, Annona standing to right, foot on prow, holding rudder and modius on knee; S C across fields. RIC III 964; BMCRE 2013. 19.17gr, 30mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust of Diva Faustina I to right / Female figure standing facing, head to left; [S] C across fields. 9.47gr, 27mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

Found UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM[ENIACVS P M], laureate head to right / [TR P XV?]III IMP [II COS III?], S C across field, Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing to right, holding reversed, vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right. Cf. RIC III 861; cf. MIR 18, 87-6/30; cf. Banti 449; cf. BMCRE 1088. 26.46gr, 35mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands, Marcus Aurelius holds a scroll, COS III in exergue, S C across fields. RIC III 795-6 var. (bust). 21.95gr, 31mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. 23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, holding palladium and spear. RIC IV 11a; BMCRE 44 (Wars of the Succession); RSC 61. 2.41gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Scarce.

Found Essex, UK.

SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding tympanum and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 267; Cohen 219. 3.40gr, 20mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Rare.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. RIC 86; BMC 26; Cohen -, cf. 116 (draped and cuirassed). 2.80gr, 21mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 73; BMCRE 66-67; RSC 33b. 3.98gr, 20mm, 6h.

Mint State. Beautiful light cabinet tone.

Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 2970. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 481. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, wearing 'horn' over forehead / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted tripod in his right hand and branch in his left; in field to left, star. RIC 146; BMC 231; Cohen 276. 3.21gr, 19mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 150; BMCRE 168; RSC 282. 3.06gr, 20mm, 11h.

Fleur De Coin. Attractive old cabinet tone.

Ex collection of H. Ursprung. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 95, 6 October 2016, lot 341. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 484. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.