LOT 3642
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220. Rome mint.
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P III COS III P P, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC IV 28; BMCRE 179; RSC 154. Very Fine.(3.43gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath enclosing VOT•XX in two lines; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.50gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding snake from patera. RIC IV 140; BMCRE 28 note; RSC 258. 2.73gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light toning.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; XXIϛ in exergue. RIC V.1 87; MER-RIC 3502 (temporary). 3.36gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
