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LOT 2919
Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 140. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS II[I], bare head of Antoninus Pius to right / AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F COS•, bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. RIC III 415C; Cohen 21. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.91gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 2919
Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar AR Denarius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Vitellius AR Denarius. Struck late AD April-December 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[A] VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head to right / XV VIR [SACR FAC], tripod with covered vessel; above, dolphin to right; between tripod legs, raven standing to right. RIC 70; Cohen 115. 3.13gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 154-155. Rome mint (or mint in Britain?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated to left on rock, resting head on right hand, and resting left hand on rock, round shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue. RIC III 934; Cohen 117; BMCRE 1971. 12.71gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
It has been suggested that the Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius were struck at a mint in the province as significant quantities have been found on Romano-British sites, such as Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh Fort on Hadrian's Wall. However, the enterprise of creating a mint is enormous and out of proportion for such a small issue, the product of quintessentially Roman style die engraving. It is therefore far more likely that this issue was produced in Rome and shipped to Britannia in bulk for distribution. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head to right / LIBERTAS PVB[LICA], Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre. RIC II 19; BMCRE 46; RSC 113. 3.40gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 109, 11 May 2023, lot 974. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
