LOT 3376
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171-172. Rome mint.
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground. RIC III 261; BMCRE 555; RSC 290. Very Fine.(3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia, altar on left; star above Z (retrograde) in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 74b. 4.88gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 155-156. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P IMP II?], laureate head to right / TR POT XIX [COS IIII?], Annona seated to right, holding cornucopia with both hands; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC III 956. 10.22gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 24b. 10.66gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
