LOT 3117
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Rome mint. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). Near Very Fine.(11.96gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC IV.2 28; Cohen -. 2.96gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Augustus AE Sestertius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Uncertain Asian mint; struck 25 BC. [AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / C A within laurel wreath. RIC I 501 (Pergamum); BMCRE 713 (Pergamum); CBN 956 (Pergamum); RPC I 2233 (Asia). 23.17gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Various emperors. 32.37gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
