LOT 3629
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 829; Cohen 59. Near Very Fine.(13.82gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding olive-branch and cornucopia. RIC II 345; BMCRE 594 note; RSC 280. 3.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...]CVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 1.60gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 190-191. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / APOL PAL P M TR P XVI COS VI, Apollo standing facing, head to right, holding plectrum and lyre resting on column. RIC III 218; BMCRE 292; RSC 25. 2.35gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
