LOT 2913
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AUGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / IVSTITIA [AVG] P P, Justitia seated to left, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1154; Banti 482. Near Very Fine.(23gr, 31.5mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 491, 5 May 2021, lot 395.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua. -
Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bronze denominations of Trajan, Galerius, Lucius Verus, Philip II, Faustina II, Constantine II et al. 68gr total, 28-18mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga to left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. 4.49gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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