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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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and mappa in his left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT X; bound captive seated to left and right; S F HL(ligate) across fields; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 125 (bust type). 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; K in left field, Δ over H in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.67gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Group of Fifty-Eight [58] Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Various emperors. 131gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
