LOT 3627
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 171. Rome mint.
IMP • M • ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within wreath. RIC III 1006; MIR 18, 219-6/30; Banti 241. Near Extremely Fine.(29.63gr, 31mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, lot 4494 (since professionally cleaned and re-worked).
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC V.2, 56; Cunetio 2602; Elmer 774. 2.32gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Hadrian AE As. AD 118. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS [II?]; aquila between two signa; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.3 157. 9.06gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pleasant olive green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arcadius AE 16mm. AD 406-408. Cyzicus(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; star behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, three emperors standing facing: on right and left, Arcadius and Honorius, heads turned towards each other, each holding spear and shield; flanking Theodosius II, face to front, holding spear and globe; SMKΔ(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 145. 2,25gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
