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IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; shield at side, bow and quiver with arrows behind. RIC II.3 538; BMCRE 133; Calicó 1334. 49.56 grams total, 86 mm including case.

NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface 4/5; an outstanding example, certification number 6944543-001.

From the Isar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 961. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with bare chest and slight drapery on both shoulders / DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P, Concordia seated to left, holding patera in her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; below throne, cornucopia; CONCORDIA S C in exergue. RIC 38; BMC -; Cohen -. 10.67gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shouder / COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne; S C in exergue. RIC 877; BMC 1326; Cohen 370. 10.02gr, 26mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

HADRIANVS AVG[VSTVS], laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [SAL]VS AVGVSTI, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding snake coiled round altar from patera and holding sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 828; C. 1357; BMCRE 1348. 12.00gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1012. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 865. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RIC 179. 3.48gr, 19mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.

Librairie Galerie les Chevau Legers, Paris, France. Private collection, Leeds, UK.

[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. CF. RIC III 795-6. 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.