LOT 3384
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint.
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below. RIC 264a; BMCRE 327; RSC 181. Good Very Fine.(3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). 7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.01gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint. 'Travel series' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1494; BMCRE 816; RSC 138. 2.97gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
