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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Theodosius II AE 9mm. AD 402-450. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[...]EODO[...], bust to right / Cross. Cf. RIC 453 (Antioch; cross within wreath). 0.95gr, 9mm.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
2nd officina. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, nude but for chlamys over his left shoulder, standing facing, head to left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, in his right hand and cornucopia with his left; B in left field, ANT• in exergue. RIC VI 59a. 10.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful dark green patina with silver highlights.
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. -
Balbinus AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £631
IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MVTVA AVGG, clasped right hands. RIC IV 11; BMCRE 71-73; RSC 6. 4.46gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
