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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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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constans, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 334-335. Siscia mint. 4th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing, spear in outer hand, two standards between them; •Δ(?)SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 238. 2.20gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENVS, Venus standing to left, holding dove and sceptre. RIC III 730 (Aurelius); RSC 255. 3.00gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
