LOT 3623
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 152-153. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII, Indulgentia seated to left, extending hand and holding transverse sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC III 904; Cohen 452; Banti 180. Very Fine. Nice cypress green patina.(25.52gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3623
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Hadrian AE As. AD 118. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS [II?]; aquila between two signa; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.3 157. 9.06gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pleasant olive green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding olive-branch and cornucopia. RIC II 345; BMCRE 594 note; RSC 280. 3.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 272. 2.20gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
