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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Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 155-156. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P IMP II?], laureate head to right / TR POT XIX [COS IIII?], Annona seated to right, holding cornucopia with both hands; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC III 956. 10.22gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Sabina AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SABINA AVGVSTA, draped and diademed bust to right, wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, resting on column, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.3 2571; BMCRE 929-931 (Hadrian); RSC 3a. 3.71gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVA, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC V.1 143 (joint reign); RSC 351. 4.16gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
