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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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with nine rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field, SMAL in exergue. RIC VII 51. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Rotomagus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. 4.17gr, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector. Private collection, UK. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-8. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated to left on throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 46. 9.98gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
