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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1054

Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), AR Denarii (6): i) Rome, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bust laureate bust right, rev. COS IIII, Aequitas standing left, 2.61g (RIC 127c; BMC 512), corrosion to reverse, good; ii) another, as before, rev. COS IIII, thunderbolt on throne, 3.15g (RIC 137; BMC 536), corrosion and verdigris to reverse, good; iii) another, as before, but with obverse legend ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, a possible plated copy, 2.54g (RIC 137 var.; BMC 536 var. [Spink XRF: Obverse: Ag 89.11%; Cu 6.84%; Zn 3.01%; Au 0.69%; Pb 0.345%; Reverse: Ag 78.25%; Cu 18.02%; Zn 2.66%; Au 0.64%; Pb 0.302%; Ga 0.113%]), fine despite its likely status as counterfeit; iv) ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right, rev. TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST, Octastyle temple, containing statues of Divus Augustus and Diva Livia, COS IIII in exergue, 3.16g (RIC 143; BMC 549), worn with verdigris, fair to good; v) another, as before, rev. TR POT COS IIII, Liberalitas standing left with abacus and cornucopiae, LIB IIII in exergue, 3.07g (RIC 155; BMC 567), worn, good; vi) ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, as before, rev. COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding grain ears over modius and rudder, 3.05g (RIC 162; BMC 621), near very fine, lustrous; (6).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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