LOT 2883
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 161-169.
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.(3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. M COMM ANT AVG P BRIT FEL, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, emperor standing to left on platform, right hand raised and holding sceptre with left, three soldiers standing to right below, holding legionary eagles; FID EXERC in exergue. RIC III 110c; BMCRE 160; RSC 140a. 2.83gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268-269. 3rd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / FELIC TEMPO, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and sceptre with left; T in exergue. RIC V.1 145; MER-RIC 35. 2.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Rome mint; struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From UK private collection.
