LOT 3524
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 148-149. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RIC 179. Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.(3.48gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLibrairie Galerie les Chevau Legers, Paris, France.
Private collection, Leeds, UK.
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Theodosius I AE 21mm. AD 379-395. Contemporary imitation, possibly by Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N TAEODO-SIVS(sic) [...]P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-[...],Theodosius, wearing military attire, standing to left on galley, head to right, raising hand; Victory at helm holding rudder; wreath in left field; CO[...] in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC IX 52c.3. 4.02gr, 21mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The issue is, on account of the mintmark, occasionally described as having been struck at Constantinople for use at Cherson. However, the crude fabric and unconventional style as well as major inconsistencies in the epigraphy point to local production at the important port city of Cherson. -
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Group of Twenty-Three [23] Large Roman Bronze As and Dupondius Coins 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising: various emperors, issues, and reverse types. 253gr totaL, 22-30mm.
As shown.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninanus. AD 284. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Numerian to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; KAΔ in exergue. RIC 416. 3.57gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
