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LOT 2904
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 98. Rome mint.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM P M TR P II, laureate head to right / IMP II COS IIII P P, priestly implements: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. RIC 47; RSC 95; BMCRE 72. Very Fine.(3.55gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Gitbud & Naumann.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE, Hadrian, togate, standing to left, holding scroll in his left hand and raising up Hispania, who kneels to left before him and holds an olive branch in her left hand, with his right. RIC 1580; Cohen 1260. 2.93gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTO]RIA AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. For prototype cf. RIC V.1 168. 2.23gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 350-355. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier, shield on arm, spearing falling horseman falling on to neck of horse, shield dropped to right; Γ in left field, ANΘ in exergue. RIC VII 132. 4.71gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
