LOT 3090
Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising skirt with left; S C across fields. RIC II.3 2695; Cohen 56; Banti 33-4; BMCRE 1914-16 (Hadrian). Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Dark green patina.(12.32gr, 29mm, 5h).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. [IMP] NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head to right / Victory alighting to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R; S C across fields. RIC I 543; Cohen 302; BMCRE 381. 11.13gr, 30mm, 6h
Very Fine. Nice dark olive green patina.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LVNA LVCIF, Luna Lucifera walking to right, holding torch; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 609 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1665k; RSC 599. 4.41gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint; struck AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, traces of drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Salus standing to right, holding snake and feeding it from patera; S C across fields. RIC II.3 881; BMCRE 1341. 10.88gr, 28mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Dark glossy patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
