LOT 3404
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217. Rome mint.
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears and cornucopia; modius containing corn ears at feet. RIC IV 26; BMCRE 41; RSC 47a. Good Very Fine.(2.89gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-70. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / Judaea seated to right against trophy; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II.1 2; BMCRE 35; RSC 226. 3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 330-335. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, with long rectangular banners; wreath in upper centre, dot in the middle and within wreath; SCONST in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VII 370; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 216. 2.04gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.
From the Ortiz collection.
