LOT 4093
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 146-147. Rome mint.
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RIC 437; BMC 615; Cohen 600. Very Fine.(3.03gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4093
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AR Denarius.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. 7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.
Ex Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676. Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403. Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414. Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AR Denarius. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
[CAESAR AVGVSTVS] DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS [DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L] CAESARES • below, Gaius and Lucius standing facing, each with hand resting on round shield and holding spear; in upper field simpulum and lituus (in "b9" formation). RIC 207; BMCRE 533; RSC 43. 3.21gr, 19mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 231. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, small figure of emperor to left; S C across fields. RIC IV 558; BMCRE 692. 23.03gr, 32mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
