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LOT 2929
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171. Rome mint.
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / COS III, Roma seated to left, on cuirass, holding Victory and spear. RIC 233. Near Very Fine.(3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck AD 226. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VESTA, Vesta standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC 360; Cohen 81. 2.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278. Rome mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS PROBI AVG, emperor on horseback to left, one hand raised and the other holding sceptre; captive seated to right in front, R(star)Z in exergue. RIC V.2 160; probuscoins.fr 3902; MPR 300. 3.66gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; R(crescent)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 112b. 8.60gr, 28mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
