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LOT 2997
Carus BI Antoninianus. AD 283. Ticinum(?) mint.
IMP CARVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX EXERCIT[I], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and standard in her left; P[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 75. Very Fine.(3.13gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO [AVG DIVI TRA], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with exposed breastplate / PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS, Pietas standing to left, raising right hand, PIE-TAS across fields. RIC II.3 128; Strack 39. 2.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. Tribute Penny type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
[TI CAESAR DIVI] AVG F AVGVST[VS], laureate head to right / [PONTIF] MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding inverted spear and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 28 corr. (ornamented legs); Lyon 146; RSC 16b. 3.38gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 295-296. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRT-VS AVG, galley to left, with Victory to left amid ships; QL in exergue. RIC V.2 58; Burnett 107; Webb 94. 1.52gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
