LOT 3572
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.(7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.).
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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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right / TR POT XX COS IIII, Securitas seated to left, holding sceptre, on chair formed of two cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 967; BMCRE 2016. 25.02gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-125. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Aeternitas standing to left, holding heads of Sol and Luna; AETER AVG across fields. RIC II.3 115; RSC 131. 3.05gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 103-111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Pax standing to left, holding cornucopia and setting fire to pile of arms; PAX in exergue. RIC II 102; BMCRE 401; RSC 196b. 3.35gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
