LOT 3097
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 179(?). M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P [XXXIII?], laureate head to right / [FELICITAS AVG IMP X COS III P P?], Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1239; cf. Cohen 186; cf. BMC 1695. Fine.(27.23gr, 31mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 289. 2nd officina. IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, in the guise of Hercules, holding club over his right shoulder and wearing lion skin over his left / VIRTVTI AVGG, Hercules standing to right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock; S in left field. RIC V.2 465. 2.58gr, 20mm, 1h
Very Fine. Very rare bust type.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch mint; struck AD 119. [IMP] CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis / P M TR POTES COS III, Aequitas-Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC II.3 2964; BMCRE p.378, 3 var. (bust type); RSC 1179b var. (same). 2.73gr, 19mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. COR SALONIN[A AV]G, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNONI CONS AVG, antelope walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1, 16 (sole reign); MIR 725cc; RSC 70. 2.13 gr, 23 mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Small die break on reverse. Some toned silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
