LOT 3348
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 119-122. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Genius standing to left, holding patera above altar to left, and corn-ears. Cf. RIC II.3 90 (bust type). Near Very Fine.(2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Claudius I AE As. Circa AD 41-50. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bare head to left / Minerva standing to right, hurling javelin and holding rounded shield; S C across lower fields. For prototype, cf. RIC I 100, Cohen 83, BMCRE 149. 5.25gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Titus AR Denarius. AD 80. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter and Juno, with horizontal winged thunderbolt above. RIC II.1 119; BMCRE 51-54; RSC 316. 2.86gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
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Julian II AE 25mm. AD 360-363. Contemporary imitation of the Ludgunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. 6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
