LOT 2955
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus helmeted and draped, standing to left, holding spear with left, and resting right hand on shield. RIC 6; RSC 381. Good Very Fine.(4.83gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Dorchester Hoard.
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 197-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. Cf. RIC 113. 2.75gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. Struck September-November AD 275. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERINA P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right on crescent / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian, on the left, and Severina, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands; Q between, XXI in exergue. RIC V online 3202; Cohen 1. 4.11gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety from Antioch mint.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial AE Coins. AD 98-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
One Dupondius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), two Sestertii and one As of Trajan (AD 98-117). 70.39gr total, 25-33mm.
Fine-Good Fine.
Ex Bruun Rasmussen. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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