LOT 3385
Mixed Bronze and Silver Coin Group. AD 138-161.
Comprising: various emperors, issues and reverse types including a Sestertius of Severus Alexander, Denarius of Antoninus Pius, and a pierced Antoninianus of Carausius. Fair - Very Fine.(51.16gr total, 14-30mm). [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
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Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552; Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. 3.49gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK. -
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 269. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. RIC V.2 17; cf. RIC V.4 487-8. 2.52gr, 21mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
