LOT 3414
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor in Syrian robes standing to left, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding branch; star in left field. RIC IV 146; BMCRE 232; RSC 276. Good Very Fine.(3.63gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Julian II AE 28mm. AD 361-363. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, bull standing to right; two stars above, CVZΓ in exergue. RIC VIII 127. 8.91gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IVLIA MAMAEA [AVGVSTA], diademed and draped bust to right / V[E]S[T]A, Vesta, veiled, standing to left, holding palladium and sceptre; [S] C across fields. RIC IV 708 (Alexander); Cohen 311; BMCRE 389 (Alexander). 19.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). 4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
