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LOT 3083
Hadrian AV Aureus. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery on far shoulder / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing to left, suckling the Twins (Romulus and Remus). RIC II.3 709; BMCRE 449; Biaggi 598. Very Fine.(6.95gr, 18mm, 6h).
ProvenanceEx Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 128, 20 March 2022, lot 262.
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Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Contemporary imitation of an issue from Lugdunum mint. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho banner; RPLO in exergue. For prototype: RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. 3.90gr, 23mm, 5h
Good Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 200-201. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head to right / P M TR P VIII COS II P P, Victory flying to left holding open wreath in both hands over round shield set on low base. RIC IV 150; BMCRE 175; RSC 454. 3.34gr, 19mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148. 4.41gr, 23mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
