LOT 3155
Nerva AE As. AD 96-98.
Rome mint. IMP NERVA [...], laureate head to right / FORTVNA [...], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC II 83. Fine.(9.14gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-247. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVGG II, Liberalitas standing to left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 38b; RSC 87. 4.09gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint. Struck AD 260-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ORIE-NS AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand and holding whip in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 494; MIR 1211e; RSC 685a. 3.84gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days.
