LOT 3352
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1495; Cohen 140. Very Fine.(2.93gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3352
Hadrian AR Denarius.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 330-335. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, with long rectangular banners; wreath in upper centre, dot in the middle and within wreath; SCONST in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VII 370; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 216. 2.04gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.
From the Ortiz collection. -
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014.
