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Lot 3263    SESSION 12 (11.30AM THURSDAY 4TH APRIL)    Roman Silver & Bronze - Roman Imperial

Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480

ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), silver denarii, Rome mint, issued 145-161, (2.97 g), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right, rev. COS IIII, Equity standing to left holding scales and sceptre, (S.4066, RIC 127, RSC 228); another Rome mint, posthumous issue of 161, (3.19 g), obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right, rev. CONSECRATIO around, eagle standing right, head to left, with closed wings on altar, (S.5192, RIC M430, RSC 155); another similar (3.19 g), obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right, rev. CONSECRATIO, pyramidal crematorium of four storeys with garlanded base, door on the second level, (S.5193, RIC 436, RSC 164); another (3.36 g), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right, rev. COS IIII, Vesta standing to left before altar, holding patera and palladium, (cf.S.4065, RIC 220, RSC 199); another issued 156-7, (4.12 g), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right, rev. TR POT XX COS IIII, Salus seated left feeding from patera a snake arising from altar (S.4126, RIC 264, RSC 1023), last two illustrated. Toned, nearly very fine - nearly extremely fine. (5)

Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection. and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3756), the Hungarian 1930s Collection.

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