LOT 3620
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Circa AD 130-133. Rome mint. "Travel series" issue.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / DACIA in exergue, S C across field, Dacia seated to left on rock pile, holding signum (standard) in right hand and falx (curved sword) over left shoulder. RIC II.3 1650; RIC II 849; Banti 237. Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(26.14gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
2nd(?) officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX, written in three lines, surmounted by globe, three stars above; [S?]TR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with dark green deposits.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Valens BI 17mm. AD 364-367. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
3rd officina. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVN(sic), emperor walking to right, head to left, holding labarum and dragging captive; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC IX 10b. 3.20gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius II, as Caesar, AE 19mm. AD 324-325. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR, legend in three lines; star above, SMANTΔ • below. RIC VII 60. 1.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Vey Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
