LOT 2976
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck spring AD 274. Serdica mint.
6th emission. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.(5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796.
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Theodora AE Nummus. Before April AD 340. Rome mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
FL MAX THE-ODORAE AVG, bust to right, wearing plain mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, holding infant, R(star)Є in exergue. RIC VIII 28. 1.41gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, hurling thunderbolt. RIC IV 235. 3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Divus Maximianus AE Follis. Struck under Maxentius, AD 311-312. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO MAXIMIANO PATRI, veiled head of Divus Maximianus to right / AETERNAE MEMORIAE, domed hexastyle shrine with open door and surmounted by eagle standing to right, wings spread and head to left; RES in exergue. RIC VI 251; Drost 181. 5.67gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
