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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Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 128-136/7.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
Rome mint; struck circa AD 128-134. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Rome mint. 10th emission, AD 267-268. 5th officina. "Animal/ Mythical" series. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right / HERCVLI CONS AVG, boar running to right; [Є in exergue]. RIC V.1 202 (sole reign); MIR 729b; RSC 317. 3.48gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 12mm. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman(?). 1.56gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
