LOT 3183
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. Near Extremely Fine.(4.07gr, 22mm, 1h.).
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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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. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-[BIS], female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XX[I] in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). 3.90gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AR Siliqua. AD 393-423.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mediolanum(?) mint. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS R[OMANORVM], Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear; [MDPS?] in exergue. Cf. RIC X 1228. 1.11gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Clipped.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
