LOT 3189
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 239-240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 63; RSC 25. Good Very Fine.(4.19gr, 23mm, 7h.).
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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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 196-197. [L SEPT SEV PERT] AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO, Emperor, on horse prancing to right, raising right hand. RIC IV 74; BMCRE 151 (wars of succession) corr. (bust type); RSC 6. 3.56gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, dots on banners, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 58. 3.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Rare.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Arles(?) mint. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, around, VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath; AR(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 231. 3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
