LOT 3148
Arcadius BI 19mm. AD 383-408.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 395-401. 2nd officina. D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing facing, head to right, holding spear, resting on shield, being crowned by Victory standing to left and holding palm branch; SMKB in exergue. RIC X 66. Good Very Fine.(3.41gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 140. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / TIBERIS, Tiber reclining to left, leaning on urn which pours out water, resting right hand on prow and holding reed; S C in exergue. RIC III 642a; Cohen 819; BMCRE 1313. 28.04gr, 33 mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-BIS, female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). 4.52gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 306-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 308-310. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment; RBT in exergue. RIC VI 210. 6.18gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
