LOT 3364
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 147-148. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius and anchor; COS IIII in exergue, S C in fields. RIC 840. Near Very Fine.(27.51gr, 33mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3364
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). 7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Commodus AR Denarius. Struck AD 189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[M] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / SEC ORB P M TR P [XIIII] COS V DES VI, Securitas seated to left on throne, holding globe. RIC III 190; MIR 18, 788-4/30; RSC 695. 2.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar AE Radiate. Struck circa AD 295-299. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; KA in central field. RIC VI 19b. 2.94gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
