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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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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. 2.93gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 330. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. 1.85gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
