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LOT 3779
Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AR Coins. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Various emperors. Near Very Fine to Very Fine.(84gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Domitian AR Denarius. AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P X, laureate head to right / IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing to right, on rostral column (or prow), holding spear and shield, owl at her feet. RIC II.2 720; BMCRE 179; RSC 266. 3.40gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER-NITAS, Pietas standing to left by altar, raising right hand and holding box of incense with left. RIC III 1161 (Pius) var. (DIVA FAVSTINA). 10.41gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.44gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
