LOT 3138
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Rome mint; struck AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Valentinian II AE 13mm. AD 375-392.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Alexandria mint; struck AD 378-383. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ALEB(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. 1.41gr, 13mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 297-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; KB(?) in exergue. RIC VI 11a. 10.47gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Hadrian AR Quinarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint; struck AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right with drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Victory advancing to right holding palm and wreath. RIC II.3 331; BMCRE 223; RSC 1127. 1.86gr, 14mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Within golden pendant ring.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
