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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy with right hand and palm with left, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; STR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 3.37gr, 19mm, 5h
Extremely Fine. Glossy dark green patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 21 June 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, right hand raised, holding globe with left; T F across fields; PTR in exergue. RIC VI 866b. 5.03gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint. Struck AD 244-246. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil from face with right hand and holding transverse sceptre with left. RIC IV 123c (Philip I); RSC 53. 3.71gr, 22mm, 6h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Flan crack.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
