LOT 3432
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club draped with lion skin set on rock. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. Very Fine.(2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-248. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing to right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 71; RSC 244. 3.06gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right / TR POT XX COS IIII, Securitas seated to left, holding sceptre, on chair formed of two cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 967; BMCRE 2016. 25.02gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 2.71gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
