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LOT 3798
Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Various emperors. Near Very Fine.(21.79gr total.).
ProvenanceFound individually on a Roman lead-mine site near Ilam, Derbyshire, in the 1990s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 3798
Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Serdica mint; struck AD 280/1. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip; in exergue: KAB. RIC V.2 862; probuscoins.fr 2030. 2.97gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552. Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213. -
Nerva AE As. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint. IMP NERVA [...], laureate head to right / FORTVNA [...], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC II 83. 9.14gr, 26mm, 6h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
