LOT 3572
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. Very Fine. Toned.(3.13gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. Struck AD 350-Spring 351. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REI PVBLICE, Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 264; Bastien 24. 3.99gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in two lines within wreath; TSΓVI below. RIC VII 101. 3.77gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. 4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
