LOT 3453
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.(4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Ortiz collection.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236-238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC IV 19; BMCRE 144; RSC 37. 3.34gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Pietas standing to right, raising hands; VOT PVB across fields. RIC II.3 199; BMCRE 324; RSC 1477. 3.03gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
