LOT 2722
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Marcus Aurelius - Spes AR Denarius 145 A.D.
Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F legend with bare head right. Rev: COS II legend with Spes standing left holding flower and raising skirt. Good very fine.(2.71 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
LiteratureRIC 431; BMC 603; RSC 103; Sear 4783.
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LOT 2722
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Marcus Aurelius - Spes AR Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Ancient Roman Empire Coins - Mixed AE Coin Group [50] 2nd-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Group comprising: early bronzes (4), base antoninianii (11), late bronzes (35); each with annotated card coin holder. 240 grams total.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tiberius - 'Tribute Penny' Denarius After 16 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Lugdunum mint. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head right. Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend with Livia, as Pax, seated right on throne, holding long sceptre and olive branch, chair legs ornamented, single line below. 3.44 grams.
Very fine.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
This is the coin type traditionally believed to have been shown to Jesus in the temple, referred to in the Christian new testament, and about which Jesus said 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's' (see Mark 12:17, Matthew 22:12 and Luke 20:25). -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tacitus - Felicitas AE Antoninianus November 275-June 276 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint. Obv: IMP CL TACITVS AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right. Rev: TEMPORVM FELICITAS legend with Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and cornucopia; a - star across fields. 3.93 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
