LOT 3417
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 1-2; RSC 222a. Very Fine.(2.98gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Constantius II AR Siliqua. Struck AD 360-363. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; LVG below. RIC VIII 216; RSC 342-3a. 2.08gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); cf. RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.78gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Emperor standing to right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground, reclining figures of Armenia, Euphrates and Tigris, the former reclining to left in centre, head turned facing, the latter two to left and right, facing each other; S C across fields. RIC II 642 corr. (obv. legend); Woytek 590v.2; BMCRE 1037. 25.24gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
