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LOT 3377
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.(27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Acquired from David Miller, April 2014.
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LOT 3377
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Tiberius, as Caesar, AE Semis. AD 12-14. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond and wreath. RIC 246; BMC 588; Cohen 38. 4.66gr, 20mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS P P, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled round altar and resting elbow on chair. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 33; RSC 218a. 2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
