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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Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.23gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near 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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-328. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two turrets; star above, SMANTB in exergue. RIC VII 78 (see note for diadem variant). 3.07gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus Coins. AD 259-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 9.22gr total, 19-20mm.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
