LOT 3449
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.(4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Julia Soaemias AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated to left, holding apple and sceptre; child at feet. RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 56 (Elagabalus); RSC 14. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Maximian, as Senior Augustus, BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right on left, facing Quies standing to left on right, holding branch and sceptre; S F across fields, Є between figures, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 14b. 8.27gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to left, holding spear and trophy. RIC IV 223; BMCRE 87; RSC 150. 2.52gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
