LOT 3158
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.(3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included).
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIVS EXERCI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC V.1 48; MER-RIC 229 (temporary). 2.99gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck AD March-April 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; Δ A across fields. RIC V.1 65; MER-RIC 3314 (temporary). 3.84gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Semis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 125-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / COS III, legionary eagle between two standards, S C across field. RIC II.3 976; Cohen 450; BMCRE 1381A. 3.66gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
