LOT 3445
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.(4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 145-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head to right / [COS] III[I?], Salus standing to left, feeding snake coiled round altar and holding rudder upright; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 761. 21.94gr, 30mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Repatinated.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 155-156. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P IMP II?], laureate head to right / TR POT XIX [COS IIII?], Annona seated to right, holding cornucopia with both hands; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC III 956. 10.22gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
