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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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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius AD 175-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head to right / TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC III 359 var. (rev. legend); BMCRE 672; RSC 929c. 3.20gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ADVENTVS PROBI AVG, Emperor on horseback, riding to left, holding sceptre and raising right hand, captive before the horse; XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 632. 4.00gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONЄ in exergue. RIC IX 81. 5.50gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
