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LOT 2924
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck after AD 161. Rome mint.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. Very Fine.(3.21gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Theodora AE 18mm. AD 337-340. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
F L MAX THEODORAE AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant at her breast; TRP (palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 91; LRBC 129. 2.15gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, hurling thunderbolt. RIC IV 235. 3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
