LOT 3177
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 295. 1st officina. MAXIMIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; A in exergue. RIC V.2 408. Good Very Fine.(2.68gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Various emperors. 32.37gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Rome mint; struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / [IMP VIII COS] III P • P •, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated to left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands; behind them, officer, standing to left and holding sceptre; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing to left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left, preparing to distribute donative to citizen mounting steps with outstretched hands holding toga below; S C across fields, LIBERALITAS AVG VII in two lines in exergue. RIC III 1208 var. (no drapery); Cohen 424 var. (same). 24.97gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Well-struck and detailed. Amazing dark olive-green patina. Extremely rare variant.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1913. Ex Hertfordshire, UK, collection. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Vespasian AE Dupondius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Rome mint; struck AD 74. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection.
