LOT 3528
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 164. Rome mint.
M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM[ENIACVS P M], laureate head to right / [TR P XV?]III IMP [II COS III?], S C across field, Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing to right, holding reversed, vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right. Cf. RIC III 861; cf. MIR 18, 87-6/30; cf. Banti 449; cf. BMCRE 1088. Near Very Fine.(26.46gr, 35mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3528
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, star above and pellet in doorway; SMANTA in exergue. RIC VII 81 (see note for diadem variant). 2.90gr, 20mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Cyzicus mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; [two pellets? below] / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard and transverse sceptre. Cf. RIC V.1 230; cf. MER-RIC 981 (temporary). 3.51gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1227. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERM, trophy between two seated captives; R(thunderbolt)A in exergue. RIC V.2 223. 4.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
