LOT 2973
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standards; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149 (bust type); Huvelin, 'Chronologie du règne de Claude II le Gothique,' QT XXI (1992), pg. 312; Venèra 9251; cf. Cohen 89 (same). Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
HADRIANVS AUGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / IVSTITIA [AVG] P P, Justitia seated to left, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1154; Banti 482. 23gr, 31.5mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 491, 5 May 2021, lot 395. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors, pellet in doorway and two turrets; star above, SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC 73. 2.91gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Six [6] Roman AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 74gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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