LOT 3479
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Rome mint.
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing to right, placing her right foot on low base and inscribing shield set on her knee with VOT X. RIC IV 219 var. (no drapery; foot on helmet); BMC 638 var. (same); Cohen -. 2.74gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 145-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head to right / [COS] III[I?], Salus standing to left, feeding snake coiled round altar and holding rudder upright; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 761. 21.94gr, 30mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Repatinated.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RES in exergue. RIC VI 258. 5.75gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
