LOT 3640
Macrinus AE Sestertius. AD 217. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Fides standing facing, head to right, with foot set on helmet, holding standard in each hand; S C in exergue. RIC IV 141; Banti 28. Near Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(22.77gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Mamiminus II BI Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
5th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquor flows over lighted altar in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; star in left field, Є in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 133c. 7.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 10.57gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Pertinax AR Denarius. AD 193. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head to right / LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and long sceptre in her left. RIC IV 4a; Cohen 20; BMCRE 8. 2.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 12h.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
