LOT 3375
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius AD 175-176. Rome mint.
M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head to right / TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC III 359 var. (rev. legend); BMCRE 672; RSC 929c. Good Very Fine.(3.20gr, 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. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas, draped, standing to left, holding winged caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; S C across fields. RIC II 625 var. (bust). 27.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; Γ in right field, TS in exergue. RIC VI 23b. 10.03gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Near complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
