LOT 3521
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). Near Extremely Fine.(12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3521
Hadrian AE Dupondius.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 266-267. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding signum in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; MP In exergue. RIC 481; Cohen 229; MIR 1370a. 3.61gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE Antoninianus (Limes Falsum?). AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. For Silver Antoninianus: RIC IV 92; RSC 253. 3.69gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Limes Falsum or a result of the time; crisis and decline.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
