LOT 3573
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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Licinius I BI Nummus. Struck AD 313. Siscia mint. Uncertain officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, to left, eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; officina letter to right; SIS in exergue. RIC VI 233a. 2.97gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Drusus AE As. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S • C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 8.78gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
