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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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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, hurling thunderbolt. RIC IV 235. 3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-8. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated to left on throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 46. 9.98gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
