LOT 3586
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 436 (Aurelius); BMCRE 57 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164. Very Fine.(3.32gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP C] PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 3.58gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much of the original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding from patera snake rising from altar and holding rudder. RIC IV 46b; RSC 205. 3.67gr, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an old coin ticket. -
Roman Imperial, Licinius II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For reverse cf. RIC VII 605 (obverse of Nummus of Licinius II, as Caesar, Nicomedia). 4.73gr, 27mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
