LOT 3621
Hadrian AE As. AD 118. Rome mint.
IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS [II?]; aquila between two signa; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.3 157. Near Very Fine. Pleasant olive green patina.(9.06gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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. -
Marcus Aurelius AE As. AD 174-175. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX, laureate head to right / IMP VII COS III, The Tiber reclining to left, resting his right arm on the prow of boat, and his left elbow on pitcher from which water flows; S C across fields. RIC III 1142; Cohen 348. 10.61gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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.
