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LOT 3612
Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint.
Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. Very Fine.(2.32gr, 18mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONЄ in exergue. RIC IX 81. 5.50gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 145-161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and rod. RIC III 127; BMCRE 512-516; RSC 228. 3.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
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. -
Caracalla Fourrée Denarius. AD 197-217. Laodicea mint. Barbarous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to his feet to right, globe. RIC IV 327; BMCRE p.384, 157 / pl. 64, 10. 2.47gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
