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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Group of Forty-Three [43] Mostly Large Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: various bronze issues of various denominations, emperors, and reverse types. 218gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and corn-ears. RIC III 358 (Pius); BMCRE 389-394 (Pius); RSC 93. 3.20gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 298a; Cohen 111; Hunter 134. 22.24gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
