LOT 3619
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 134-138. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / SPES P R, Spes standing to left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC 790; BMCRE 1564. Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(29.07gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3619
Hadrian AE Sestertius.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER-NITAS, Pietas standing to left by altar, raising right hand and holding box of incense with left. RIC III 1161 (Pius) var. (DIVA FAVSTINA). 10.41gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. Struck circa AD 312. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
3rd officina. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Γ in right field, SNA in exergue. Vagi 2954. 1.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 152-153. Rome mint.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII, Indulgentia seated to left, extending hand and holding transverse sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC III 904; Cohen 452; Banti 180. 25.52gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nice cypress green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
