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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Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia, from which liquor flows; KA in exergue. RIC VI 9b. 10.43gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 171. 4.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE 16mm. 4th century AD. Following Arles mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; monogram of MA between; SARL in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 79. 1.82gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
