LOT 3582
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. Circa AD 156-157. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP [II?], radiate head to right / TR POT X-X C-OS II[II?], Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left; S C across fields.Cf. RIC 970; cf. Cohen 1012. Near Very Fine.(9.52gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 323-324. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•Δ• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and holding globe; XXIVI in exergue. RIC 671. 4.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
