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LOT 2954
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PERPETVA, Securitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre and resting left arm on column. RIC IV 153. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Dorchester Hoard.
Ex BA Seaby Limited, circa 1975.
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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 183. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII] IMP VI COS IIII P P, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC 372; BMCRE 514 note. 24.30gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lodge Antiquities, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing to right. MIR 36, 1701g. 3.98gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing each other, each holding spear and shield set on ground; two standards between them; above star; SCONST in exergue. RIC VII 350. 2.91gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
