Auction Catalogue

3 June 2020

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient & Islamic Coins

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Lot

№ 520

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3 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£180

Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, Rome, 147-8, rev. Annona standing left, holding grain ears and anchor, 24.69g (RIC 840); Diva Faustina Senior, Sestertii (2), both Rome, after 141, revs. Pietas, draped, standing left, dropping incense on candelabrum, 25.42g (RIC Antoninus Pius 1146Aa), similar, but bust veiled, 26.17g (RIC Antoninus Pius 1146Ab) [3]. About very fine, first with scratches beneath the olive green patina, second with several areas of corrosion, last smoothed in fields £100-£150