Details
LOT 2702
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Elagabalus - Emperor AR Denarius 221-222 A.D.
Rome mint. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG legend with laureate and draped bust right. Rev: SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG legend with emperor standing left sacrificing over tripod altar before holding cypress branch; star in left field. Extremely fine.(3.02 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
Literature
RIC 146; BMC 232; RSC 276; Sear 7549.
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LOT 2702
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Elagabalus - Emperor AR Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £62
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This reverse type is not listed for Antoninus Pius in BMCRE, RIC, Gnecchi, OCRE, British Museum, Berlin, Vienna, etcetera and not listed for any emperor or empress from Augustus to Honorius and can therefore not be a mule; it also cannot be a colonial coin with Latin legends, because the reverse legends of such coins include the word COL, or its abbreviation; it is most likely a local counterfeit.
