LOT 3363
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 145-161. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and rod. RIC III 127; BMCRE 512-516; RSC 228. Extremely Fine.(3.18gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.1 499 (Mediolanum; sole reign); MIR 351a; RSC 739. 4.76gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 106-107. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Abundantia standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius on ground on left, and cornucopia; prow to right below. RIC II 166; BMCRE 169; RSC 467a. 3.23gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
