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LOT 2944
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint; 4th officina, 2nd emission.
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing long beard / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left on chair with high back, feeding snake coiled around altar and placing her right hand on head of snake. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 76; RSC 114b (Antioch). (NGC graded Ch XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-009).).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2944
Macrinus AR Denarius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Lucius Verus AE As. AD 167/8. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[L VER]VS AVG ARM [PARTH] MAX, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III], emperor standing to right, clasping hands with Roma seated on cuirass to left, holding spear; behind cuirass, shield; [S C] in exergue. RIC 1472. 10.06gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. 9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
