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LOT 2922
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. Near Extremely Fine.(3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.).
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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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head to right / FIDEI LEG [...], Fides standing to left, holding globe. 2.61gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Magnentius BI Nummus. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories inscribing shield set on column, VOT V MVLT X; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 186. 2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
3rd officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; crescent in left field, Γ in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. 5.79gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
