LOT 3570
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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Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. 3.79gr, 21mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
![Group of Two [2] AE Follis of Galerius.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/254080s.jpg)
Group of Two [2] AE Follis of Galerius. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 9.69gr total, 21-22mm.
Condition as shown.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
