LOT 3559
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left with wreath and anchor. RIC IV 86; RSC 121. Good Very Fine.(3.97gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shouder / COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne; S C in exergue. RIC 877; BMC 1326; Cohen 370. 10.02gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Valens AV Solidus. AD 365. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICÆ, emperor standing facing with head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum with Chi-Rho; KONSTAN (TAN ligate) in exergue. RIC IX, 1g; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BERK-9CAE71 (this coin). 4.42gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some small marks.
Found near Marlborough, Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record BERK-9CAE71. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; A Γ across fields, TR in exergue. RIC VI 170a. 10.18gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From Dieter Alten Collection, purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
