LOT 3161
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.(23.94gr, 35mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552.
Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75. -
![Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/231599-s.jpg)
Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Various emperors. 139gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 1st officina. IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing facing, head to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
