LOT 3129
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vertical standard with right hand and transverse sceptre with left. RIC IV 1; RSC 86. Good Very Fine.(4.64gr, 23mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Diva Faustina Senior AR Denarius. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe with right hand and veil blown out around head. RIC III 351 (Pius); BMCRE 373 (Pius); RSC 32. 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 269. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. RIC V.2 17; cf. RIC V.4 487-8. 2.52gr, 21mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Diva Paulina AE Sestertius. Died before AD 235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rome mint; 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. Consecration issue. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Paulina, raising her right hand and holding sceptre in left, seated to left on peacock flying to right; S C in fields. RIC IV 3 (Maximinus); Banti 1; BMCRE 132 (Maximinus). 21.01gr, 32mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Tooled; beautiful olive green patina.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
