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LOT 3600
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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 323-324. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 287; C&T 9.05.039; RML 1055. 2.73gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Struck under Hadrian, AD 119-120 (and later). Rome mint. Consecration issue.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 2.84gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head to right / S C on shield supported by two capricorns, with globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); BMCRE 129-131 (Titus); RSC 497. 3.55gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
