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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre, V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 713. 3.62gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b. 3.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian II AR Siliqua. AD 388-392. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; LVGPS in exergue. RIC IX 43a.1; Lyon 208; RSC 76†b. 1.81gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Berkshire, UK.
