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LOT 3601
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate head 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 828; C. 58; BMCRE 1016. Near Very Fine.(11.85gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). 2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Juno(?) standing facing, head to left, extending right hand and holding long sceptre with left. RIC III 344 (Pius); BMCRE 345 (Pius); RSC 26. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Gallienus and Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2, 466 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V.1 663 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 3.80gr, 27mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
