LOT 3184
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck late AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVIS STATOR, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre. RIC IV 85; RSC 115. Good Very Fine.(3.70gr, 22mm, 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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Hadrian AE Semis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 125-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / COS III, legionary eagle between two standards, S C across field. RIC II.3 976; Cohen 450; BMCRE 1381A. 3.66gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Valens BI 19mm. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 364-367. 2nd officina. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing to right, holding banner with Chi-Ro and dragging captive; BSISC in exergue. RIC IX 5b. 2.81gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-309.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £36
Alexandria mint; struck AD 308-310. 6th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, wearing modius, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; K in left field, S over P in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 100a. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
