LOT 3314
Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. Good Fine.(2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1495; Cohen 140. 2.93gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. After AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good 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.
