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LOT 3519
Hadrian AV Aureus AD 121-123. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; shield at side, bow and quiver with arrows behind. RIC II.3 538; BMCRE 133; Calicó 1334. NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface 4/5; an outstanding example, certification number 6944543-001.3 3/8 in. (49.56 grams total, 86 mm including case.).
ProvenanceFrom the Isar Collection.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 961.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM[ENIACVS P M], laureate head to right / [TR P XV?]III IMP [II COS III?], S C across field, Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing to right, holding reversed, vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right. Cf. RIC III 861; cf. MIR 18, 87-6/30; cf. Banti 449; cf. BMCRE 1088. 26.46gr, 35mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 264. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / APOLLO CONSER, Apollo standing facing, head to right, placing his right hand on his head and holding lyre set on draped column with his left. RIC 467; Cohen 91; MIR 1169m. 4.42gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 227. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P VI COS II P P, Severus Alexander, togate, standing facing, head to left, sacrificing with patera in his right hand over lighted tripod and holding roll in his left. RIC 70; BMC 430; Cohen 325. 3.31gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
