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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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Circa mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). 2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIVS ILLVR, Genius standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; standard to right, S to inner right. MER-RIC 1991 (temporary). 4.09gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From a 19th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
