LOT 3636
Pertinax AR Denarius. AD 193. Rome mint.
IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head to right / LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and long sceptre in her left. RIC IV 4a; Cohen 20; BMCRE 8. Very Fine. Flan crack at 12h.(2.70gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE Nummus. AD 337-361. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; palm in centre field; TRP in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 206. 2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 829; Cohen 59. 13.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. 3.09gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
