LOT 3182
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma, helmetted and in military dress, seated to left on shield, holding Victory and spear. RIC IV 38; RSC 312. Good Very Fine.(4.08gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Constantinople mint; struck AD 328. 3rd officina. Dafne coinage. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right, looking upwards / CONS[T]A[NTINIANA DAFNE], Victory seated to left on cippus, head to right, holding palm branch in each hand; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, head to right, spurned by Victory; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 32; LRBC 992. 3.25gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC IV 3; RSC 173. 4.39gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 321. 4.69gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
