LOT 3647
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 241-243. Rome mint.
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. Good Very Fine.(3.79gr, 21mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 322. Aquileia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT XX flanked by palm fronds; in exergue, AQT. RIC VII 113. 2.91gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. Circa AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP [II?], radiate head to right / TR POT X-X C-OS II[II?], Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left; S C across fields.Cf. RIC 970; cf. Cohen 1012. 9.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). 1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
