LOT 3571
Hadrian AR Denarius Struck AD 137-July 138. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her outstretched right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC II.3, 2320; BMC 695; Cohen 1204. Near Very Fine.(2.52gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Circa mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). 2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theodosius I AE 13mm. AD 379-395. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N] THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI [...], Victory advancing to left, head to right, holding trophy and dragging captive behind; in field to left Christogram; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 65b (Thessalonica). 1.74gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
