LOT 3368
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 140-144. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopiae and grain-ears over modius; prow of ship in background; S C across fields. RIC III 597; C. 34; BMCRE 1226. Near Very Fine.(27.69gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. After AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.10gr, 18mm, 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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 226. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax running to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC IV 168; BMCRE 363; RSC 187. 2.36gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
