LOT 2873
Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right; drapery on far shoulder / CAPP-A-DOCIA, Cappadocia, wearing turreted headdress, standing to left, holding Mount Argaeus and vexillum; S C across fields. RIC II.3 - (unrecorded bust type) (cf. 1641-1647); BMCRE - (same) (cf. 1729-1734). Near Very Fine. Unrecorded bust type.(11.18gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing to right; A in exergue. RIC V.1, 283 (sole reign); MIR 712b; RSC 979. 2.62 gr, 23 mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some toned partial silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, head to right, carrying trophy over right shoulder and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 65c (Thessalonica). 1.27gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 258-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AEQVIT-AS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 137; MER-RIC 55 (temporary). 2.32gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina. Flan crack at 12h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
