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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Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Julian II AE 25mm. AD 360-363. Contemporary imitation of the Ludgunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. 6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas seated to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 338 (Sev. Alexander); BMCRE 659 (Sev. Alexander); RSC 24. 2.96gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
