LOT 3347
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint. 'Travel series' issue.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1494; BMCRE 816; RSC 138. Very Fine. Toned.(2.97gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Five [5] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various types. 17.34gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). 7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
