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LOT 3390
Roman Imperial AE Sestertii Group [10]. 1st-2nd century AD.
Group comprising: various issues and reverse types including those of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina Senior, and Faustina Junior. 'As Found' Condition.(162gr total, 29-32mm). [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
London mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys across shoulder, raising his right hand and holding globe with left; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. 3.24gr, 19mm, 8h
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Arelate mint; struck AD 330-331. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding spear and resting shield on ground, two standards between, star above; PCONST in exergue. 3.00gr, 17mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Beautiful dark green patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, March 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552; Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.
