LOT 3355
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 120-121. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across field. RIC II.3 435; Cohen 974; BMCRE 1196. Very Fine. Nice cypress-green patina. Very rare.(25.89gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, May 2017.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3355
Hadrian AE Sestertius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows over altar to left; Δ in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 71a. 5.19gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 158-159. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEP DECENN III, Pius standing to left, sacrificing with patera over altar to left; COS IIII below. RIC III 293a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AE Semis. AD 74. Rome mint. Struck for circulation in the East.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP • VESP • AVG, laureate head to left / PON • TR • POT, winged caduceus. RIC II -; RPC -; McAlee 377. 3.15gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
