LOT 3710
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIVS ILLVR, Genius standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; standard to right, S to inner right. MER-RIC 1991 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(4.09gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a 19th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 309-310. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; F-T across fields, PLC in exergue. RIC VI 310. 3.75gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right and raising robe with her left hand; P in exergue. RIC V.1, 168; MER-RIC 26 (temporary). 3.91gr, 20mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
