LOT 3619
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Struck AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
IMP CAE L • SEP SE•V PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / BONI EV-ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing to left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 369; BMCRE 343 (Wars of the Succession); RSC 68. Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.(3.04gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Antoninus Pius ΑΕ As. AD 143-144. Rome mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
[ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS P P TR [P COS III], laureate head to right / [IMPE]RATOR II, Lavinian Sow seated to right under holm oak, suckling three piglets; two more standing to right below her head. RIC 733; BMC 1625; Cohen 450. 9.60gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive-green patina. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Honorius AE Nummus. AD 393-423. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning the emperor with wreath; SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 68 (Cyzicus). 1.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
