LOT 3576
Hadrian AE As. Struck circa AD 132-134. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to left / FELICITATI AV[G] above, COS III P P in exergue, [S] C across field, galley rowed to left by four oarsmen: at the bow mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern hortator. RIC II 719. Near Very Fine.(11.70gr, 28mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aelia Eudoxia Augusta BI Half-Maiorina. AD 400-402. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, diademed draped bust right, above, Manus Dei holding wreath / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting shield inscribed with a Christogram set on column, AMNB in exergue. RIC 80; LRBC 2450. 1.81gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 3.61gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
