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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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IM]P CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG C[OS II], laureate head to right / • T • R • P • III • IMP • V • COS • II, captive seated to right with hands bound behind back; pile of arms in background to right. RIC IV 433; BMCRE 406; RSC 659. 3.37gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 124-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; C. 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; KЄ in exergue. RIC VI 10b. 10.46gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
