LOT 3128
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / [IMP VIII COS] III P • P •, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated to left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands; behind them, officer, standing to left and holding sceptre; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing to left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left, preparing to distribute donative to citizen mounting steps with outstretched hands holding toga below; S C across fields, LIBERALITAS AVG VII in two lines in exergue. RIC III 1208 var. (no drapery); Cohen 424 var. (same). Near Extremely Fine. Well-struck and detailed. Amazing dark olive-green patina. Extremely rare variant.(24.97gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1913.
Ex Hertfordshire, UK, collection.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection.
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LOT 3128
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 44. 6.74gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 298-303. 2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 295. 1st officina. MAXIMIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; A in exergue. RIC V.2 408. 2.68gr, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
