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. AD 313-317. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle to left at feet, head reverted, holding wreath; N over B in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VII 15. 3.42gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Paula AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated to left on throne, holding apple and sceptre. RIC IV 222 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 177 (Elagabalus); RSC 21. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ in right field, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI 32b. 5.99gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
