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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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268-269. 3rd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELIC TEMPO, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre; T in exergue. RIC V.1 145 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 35 (temporary). 3.01gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Alexandria mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.88gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 3.63gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
