LOT 4116
Gordian III AV Aureus. AD 239. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Pax, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3215. Extremely Fine. Well centred, lovely lustrous metal. Previously graded NGC XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 "scuffs, edge filing" (#6822193-001). Very rare; one recorded example on OCRE, eight recorded examples on CoinArchives.(4.99gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3114 (16/1/2024), Lot 33264 ("From the Dynasty Collection, #V").
Acquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4116
Gordian III AV Aureus.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,250 (EUR 1,450; USD 1,688) +BP*
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Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236-237. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two signa. RIC 18a; BMC 137; Cohen 9. 3.42gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX; three stars above, F B across field, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 253. 2.80gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
