LOT 3560
Gordian III AE Antoninianus (Limes Falsum?). AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. For Silver Antoninianus: RIC IV 92; RSC 253. Near Very Fine. Limes Falsum or a result of the time; crisis and decline.(3.69gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 72-73. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1554; RPC II 1927; BMCRE 505; RSC 74. 3.32gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. Struck autumn AD 98-autumn AD 99. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head to right / TR POT COS II P P, Abundantia seated to left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding sceptre in her right hand; S C in exergue. RIC 398; BMC 719; Cohen 618. 13.03gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. 8.60gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
