LOT 3625
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 139. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; COS II and S C across fields. RIC III 561; Cohen 561. Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina with chocolate brown highlights. Very rare.(11.42gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Three [3] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. Time of the Severans, AD 193-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Two Denarii of Septimius Severus and one of Julia Domna. 11.08gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julian II, as Caesar AE Nummus. AD 355-357. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
1st officina. D N IVLIANVS NOB C, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor stabbing fallen rider with spear to left, M before; ASI[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 370. 2.17gr, 17mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex collection of F. de La Viuda. Ex cgb.fr. (brm_314530). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; XXIϛ in exergue. RIC V.1 87; MER-RIC 3502 (temporary). 3.36gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
