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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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
3rd officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; crescent in left field, Γ in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. 5.79gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. 5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Theodosius I BI 22mm. Struck AD 383-388. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and globe, left foot on captive; SMNΔ in exergue. RIC IX 44b. 5.00gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Sandy patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
