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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Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 139. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; COS II and S C across fields. RIC III 561; Cohen 561. 11.42gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina with chocolate brown highlights. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pupienus AE Sestertius. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor standing to left, holding branch and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC IV 15; Cohen 30; BMCRE 51. 17.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Julian II AR Siliqua. Struck spring AD 360-26 June 363. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D N CL IVLI-ANVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with large central jewel; TR(palm) below. RIC VIII 365; RSC 157†b. 2.06gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
