LOT 2914
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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Trajan AR Denarius. Struck circa spring AD 113-summer 114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars, nude, walking to right, and wearing parazonium on belt at waist, with spear in right hand and trophy in left over shoulder. RIC II 269; Woytek 423v; RSC 372d. 3.09gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTO]RIA AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. For prototype cf. RIC V.1 168. 2.23gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint; 4th officina, 2nd emission.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing long beard / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left on chair with high back, feeding snake coiled around altar and placing her right hand on head of snake. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 76; RSC 114b (Antioch). NGC graded Ch XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-009).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
