LOT 3125
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left, holding Victory on extended right hand and transverse spear with left, resting left elbow on shield set on prow to right; S C across fields. RIC III 780; Cohen 753; Banti 365. Near Very Fine.(26.55gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Braintree, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F4E7F.
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Romano-British Imitation of Uncertain Ruler of Constantinian Dynasty BI Centenionalis. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain mint. [...]ONSN[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PEPHP[...], emperor standing to left on galley; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Cf. SCBC 750. 2.31gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270-271. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [DAC]IA FELIX, Dacia standing to left, holding long staff, surmounted by ass's head; S in exergue. RIC V.1 108; MER-RIC 1383 (temporary); Cohen 73. 3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/235491s.jpg)
Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various emperors. 22.43gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.)
