LOT 3754
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Struck under Carinus, May-June AD 284. Antioch mint.
DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. Good Very Fine.(3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 298a; Cohen 111; Hunter 134. 22.24gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Alexandria mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier advancing to right, head to left, holding inverted spear in his left hand and leading barbarian with his right from hut under tree; ALEA in exergue. RIC VIII 60; LRBC 2820. 4.56gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, bare head to right / P M TR POT COS DES II, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 526a. 10.11gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
