LOT 3652
Balbinus AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MVTVA AVGG, clasped right hands. RIC IV 11; BMCRE 71-73; RSC 6. Near Extremely Fine. Toned.(4.46gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 100. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III P P, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 38; BMCRE 72; Woytek 75a; RSC 222. 3.20gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Julian II AE 22mm. AD 360-363. Contemporary imitation. Imitating possibly Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Bull standing to right; two stars above. For prototype: cf. RIC VIII 411-3. 6.58gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Julia Paula, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck under Elagabalus. IVLIA PAVLA, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia seated to left, holding patera; star in left field. RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); RSC 6a. 2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
