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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Otho AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £618
IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head to right / PONT MAX, Ceres standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia. RIC I 20 note; BMCRE 9; RSC -. 3.16gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•Δ• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 436 (Aurelius); BMCRE 57 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164. 3.32gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
