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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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTΔ in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.14gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Carinus BI Antoninianus. AD 283. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CARINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICIT PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, leaning on column and holding caduceus; QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 295. 2.98gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Commodus AR Denarius. Struck AD 189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[M] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / SEC ORB P M TR P [XIIII] COS V DES VI, Securitas seated to left on throne, holding globe. RIC III 190; MIR 18, 788-4/30; RSC 695. 2.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
