LOT 3371
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138. Rome mint.
IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, bare head to right / P M TR POT COS DES II, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 526a. Near Very Fine.(10.11gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / FIDEI EXERCITVS, Fides standing to left, holding standard and legionary eagle; another standard to right. RIC IV 213; BMCRE 71; RSC 76. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram of ΦΥ; all within oak wreath. RIC II.1 1414 (R3); RPC II 822; RSC -. NGC graded XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-008).
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
