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Roman Imperial coins, Maximinus II (309-313), Solidus, Rome, c. 312-13, MAXIMIN–VS P F AVG, laureate head right, rev. VBIQVE V-ICTORES, Maximinus standing right, holding spear and globe, between two captives seated on ground; PR in exergue, 4.24g/11h (Seems to be unpublished, for type issued in the name of Constantine in Rome; cf. RIC VI p. 688, Addenda to p. 385, after no. 284 and Depeyrot 17/7; for a similar issue struck in the name of Maximinus in Trier cf. RIC VI p. 222, 817b)....
Hammer Price: £18,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Quinarius, 150-1, ANTONINVS–PIVS P P TR P XIIII, bare head right, rev. COS IIII, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and long caduceus; across field, LIB IIII, 3.57g/6h (King 11a; RIC 198a corr; BMC p. 105, 723 note*; Strack 378). Rare, small test cut on edge at 12 o’clock, minor scuffs otherwise good very fine £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £4,200
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Aureus, Rome, 61-2, bare head right, rev. PONTIF MAX TR P VIII COS IIII P P, EX-S C, Virtus standing left, holding parazonium and spear, 7.72g/6h (RIC 36; BMC 40). Small marks in reverse field, otherwise good very fine £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Roman Imperial coins, Gordian I Africanus (238), Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, rev. SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas seated left, holding sceptre, 3.25g/5h (RIC 5; RSC 10). Rare, good very fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,300
Roman Imperial coins, Carausius (286-293), Argenteus, Londinium, c. 287-9, IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. ROMANO RENOV, she-wolf standing right, suckling Romulus and Remus; in ex. RSR, 3.33g/11h (RSC 90; RIC 572; Shiel 80). Good very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Roman Imperial coins, Caligula (37-41), Denarius, Rome, 40, laureate head right, rev. DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right, 3.73g/6h (RIC 24; BMC 25; RSC 7). Good fine, rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,100
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (48), including Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina I, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina II, Commodus, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Julia Maesa, Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea [48]. Mostly very fine £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £920
Greek Coinages, Ionia, Uncertain, Electrum Sixth-Lydo-Milesian Stater, c. 600-575, plain field, 2.35g (cf. ATEC 82). Very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (36), including Augustus, Vespasian, Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian and Sabina [36]. Varied state £400-500
Roman Imperial coins, Pescennius Niger (193-194), Denarius, Antioch, laureate head right, rev. VICTORIAE AVG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and fold of drapery (sic), 2.62g/12h (RIC 88 var.; RSC 75 var.). Very rare, good fine, reverse very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 143-4, laureate head right, rev. BRITANNIA in ex. S-C, Britannia seated left on rock, holding standard and leaning on shield set on helmet, a spear behind, 28.71g/6h (RIC 745; C. 119). Very rare, good fine/almost very fine £400-500
Byzantine Coinage, Irene (797-802), 40 Nummi, Constantinople, crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger and sceptre, rev. large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A below, 6.83g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1600). Rare, very fine, dark patina £150-200
Hammer Price: £720
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (40), including Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander and Gordian III [40]. Varied state £800-1,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninianii (38), including Gordian III, Philip I, Trajan Decius and Otacilia Severa [38]. Very fine and better £800-1,000
Roman Imperial coins, Matidia, Denarius, 119, diademed, draped bust right, rev. CONSECRATIO, eagle standing left on sceptre, head right, 3.26g/5h (RIC 426; RSC 6). A few pits under tone at edge before bust, very rare, almost very fine £600-800
Roman Imperial coins, Manlia Scantilla (Augusta 193), Denarius, draped bust right, rev. IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, peacock at feet, 2.98g/6h (RIC 7a; RSC 2). Very rare, good fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £700
Roman Imperial coins, Laelianus (268), Antoninianus, Mainz or Trier, radiate, draped bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm, 2.99g/12h (RIC 9; C. 4). Rare, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £680
Roman Imperial coins, Divus Antoninus (Consecrated 161), Denarius, draped bust right, rev. PVELLAE FAVSTINIANI, Antoninus seated left on platform with female (Faustina?), both leaning forward to receive a little girl carried by a man standing before them, with another man pushing a girl forward at side of platform, 3.62g/12h (RIC 399a; BMC 325; RSC 262), records the founding of a charity for orphaned girls established in her name after her death. Extremely rare, very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £650
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (30), including Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus and Gordian III [30]. Mostly very fine £600-800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (35), including Antoninus Pius, Faustina I and II, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander [35]. Varied state £400-500
Greek Coinages, Mithridatid Kings of the Pontos, Mithradates VI (120-63), Tetradrachm, year 213 [85/84 BC], diademed head of Mithradates right, rev. stag grazing left; star, crescent and monogram left, ΓΙΣ and monogram to right, A below; all within ivy wreath, 16.75g/12h (De Callataÿ p. 16 D5/R4; Waddington, Recueil p.17 pl.I2, 15). Small metal flaw behind eye, good very fine to extremely fine £500-600
Roman Imperial coins, Pertinax (193), Denarius, laureate head right, rev. VOT DECEN TR P COS II, Pertinax standing left, sacrificing from patera over tripod, 3.17g/6h (RIC 13a; RSC 56). Rare, good metal, toned, about very fine £550-650
Hammer Price: £620
Roman Imperial coins, Diva Paulina (consecrated in c. 235), Sestertius, 236, draped and veiled bust right, rev. CONSECRATIO, S C, Paulina, right hand raised, left holding sceptre, seated left on peacock flying up to heaven, 13.82g/12h (RIC 3; C. 3). Rare, very fine, dark brown tone £500-600
Greek Coinages, Silver (26), including Philip II Fifth-Stater, Alexander III, Drachms (7), Kyzikos, Diobols (4), fractions of Miletos, Pergamon, Teos and Persian Sigloi [26]. Fine to very fine £400-500
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (20), including Trajan, Faustina II, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander [20]. Mostly very fine £400-500
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (35), including Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina I, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander [35]. Mostly very fine £700-800
Roman Imperial coins, Elagabalus (218-222), Denarius, Antioch, 218-19, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. SANCT DEO SOLI ELAGABAL, slow quadriga right, containing the conical stone Elah-Gabal on which is eagle, flanked by four parasols, 3.10g/10h (RIC 197; RSC 267). Good very fine, reverse very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £580
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (17), including Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Septimus Severus, Caracalla, Geta and Julia Mamaea [17]. Mostly very fine £350-450
Hammer Price: £520
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (31), including Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina I, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina II, Commodus, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander and Gordian III [31]. Varied state £600-800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninianii (40), including Gordian III, Philip I, Philip II and Trajan Decius [40]. Varied state £400-600
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninianii (48), including Gordian III, Philip I, Philip II, Trebonianus Gallus, Valerian I and Otacilia Severa [48]. Varied state £600-800
Roman Imperial coins, Carausius (Rival Augustus, 286-293), Denarius, RSR mint, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. RENOVAT ROMANO, she-wolf standing right, suckling twins, RSR in ex., 4.03g/6h (RIC 571). Rare, good fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £500
Roman Imperial coins, Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, Lugdunum, c. 2 BC-AD 4, laureate head right, rev. Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, holding shields and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above, 3.92g/6h (RIC I 207; Lyon 82; RSC 43). Extremely fine, attractively toned £500-600
Hammer Price: £480
Roman Imperial Coinage, Elagabalus (218-222), Denarius, Nicomedia, c. 218-19, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. SANCT DEO SOLI, ELAGABAL in ex., quadriga right bearing stone of Emesa upon which is an eagle; four parasols around, 2.51g/1h (RIC 195; RSC 268). Rare, good very fine £250-300
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Rome, laureate head right, rev. DECVRSIO, Nero holding spear on horseback right, accompanied by a second horseman holding vexillum, 28.42g/7h (RIC 104 var. no aegis on bust). Large flan, scarce without SC, brown patina, light smoothing, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £470
Roman Imperial Coinage, Vitellius (69), Dupondius, Lugdunum (?), A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP AVG P M TR P, laureate head right, rev. PAX AVGVSTI S C, Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopiae, 13.70g/6h (cf. RIC 146; BMC 66 note; Cohen 64; CBN -). Very rare, very fine, brown tone £250-300
Hammer Price: £460
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninianii (50), including Gordian III, Philip I, Probus, Gallienus and Florian [50]. Varied state £500-600
Roman Imperial Coinage, Denarii (17), including Trajan, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus and Gordian III [17]. Mostly very fine and better £500-600
Hammer Price: £440
Roman Imperial coins, Diadumenian (Caesar 217-218), Denarius, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Diadumenian standing facing, head right, holding standard and sceptre, two more standards on right, 3.11g/12h (RIC 102; RSC 3). Toned, large flan, almost extremely fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £400
Roman Imperial coins, Balbinus (238), Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae, 3.21g/12h (RIC 7; RSC 23). Extremely fine £350-450
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