LOT 3609
Arcadius BI 23mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield, and being crowned by Manus Dei from above / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing to left, holding labarum and shield set on ground, to left, captive seated to right; cross in left field, T in right field, *ANTS in exergue. RIC IX 60 (2) var. (rosette-diademed). Near Very Fine. Rare.(6.32gr, 23mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, holding cornucopiae; child at foot, Δ in right field. RIC V.1 5 (Gallienus); Cohen 39. 3.12gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 203-208. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / PROVID DEORVM, Providentia standing to left, holding sceptre and wand over globe. RIC IV 51; BMCRE 458 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 170. 3.42gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From 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. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. After AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From 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.
