LOT 3774
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308/9. Rome mint. 4th officina.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing on throne, head to left, holding globe and spear, within hexastyle temple with wreath in pediment and and statues as acroteria; H in left field, R Q in exergue. RIC VI 202a. Near Extremely Fine.(6.85gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aquilia Severa AR Denarius. AD 220-222.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lit altar, and double cornucopiae; star in right field. RIC IV 226 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 184 (Elagabalus); RSC 2. 3.13gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. 3.13gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Struck under Carinus, May-June AD 284. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. 3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
