LOT 3086
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to left / INDVLGENTIA AVG • P P, Indulgentia seated to left on throne, extending her right hand and holding sceptre in her left; COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1023; Cohen -; BMC -. Near Very Fine. Surface blister on obverse. Very rare type.(1.97gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint; struck AD 103-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Virtus standing to right, holding spear and parazonium, with foot on helmet. RIC II 204; BMCRE 230 corr.; Woytek 197b; RSC 402a. 3.19gr, 18mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Toned; scratches and areas of delamination.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch mint; struck AD 266. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVBENTVS AVG, emperor standing to left, holding Victory and spear; VIIC • in exergue. RIC V.1 615 (Asia, sole reign) var. (bust type; mintmark). 3.00gr, 22mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Constantius I BI Nummus. Died AD 306.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint; struck under Constantine I AD 307-310. 1st officina. DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO, laureate, veiled and cuirassed bust to right / MEMORIA FELIX, altar with eagle on either side; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 110; C&T 5.04.010; RML 225. 4.38gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
