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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Constantius II AE 14mm. AD 337-361. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation of a Fel Temp Reparatio.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Pearl-diademed bust to right / Emperor advancing to left, spearing fallen horseman; shield below. 1.14gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269. Contemporary imitation. Imitating Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
[IMP?] M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ꟼ-ΛM[...]-O, galley to left with helmsman and five oarsmen above waves and branch to left, M[...] below. Cf. RIC V.4 93; cf. CGE 124; cf. Bastien, Postume 87 and 364; cf. Banti 26. 9.03gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very interesting barbarian imitation.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322. Arelate mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in two lines within laurel wreath; ARLP below. RIC VII 246. 2.86gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
