LOT 3093
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck July AD 138. IMP CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS, Diana standing to right, holding arrow and bow. RIC II.3 1b; BMCRE 3 note; RSC 665a. Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.(3.20gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis or Treveri. [C PIV ESV] TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / COM[E]S AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.1 224. 2.40gr, 18mm, 3h
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor AE Denarius. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
'RSR' mint(?). IMP CARAVSIVS [P AVG?], laureate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCO[...], Concordia, draped, standing to right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hand with soldier, wearing military attire, standing to left and holding spear in left hand; RSR(?) in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £140
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748.
