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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1056

Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), AR Denarii (8): i) Rome, IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS PIVS P P, laureate head right, rev. TR POT XIII[I] COS IIII, Pietas standing right, holding hind by neck in her right hand and plate of fruits in her left, altar to the right, PIETAS in exergue, 3.34g (RIC 201; BMC 735), good fine to very fine; ii) another, as before, possible contemporary plated copy, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P X[...], rev. COS IIII, Annona standing left, 2.65g (RIC 204ff; cf. BMC 765ff [Spink XRF, Obverse: Ag: 86.81%; Cu: 11.62%; Pb 1.57%; Reverse: Ag: 82.71%; Cu 15.56; Pb 1.73%]), fair to good; iii) another, as before, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, rev. COS IIII, Vesta standing left, holding simpulum and palladium, 2.72g (RIC 219; BMC 782), fine; iv) another, as before, rev. COS IIII, Fortuna standing right, holding cornucopiae and rudder, 2.51g (RIC 222; BMC 790), lustrous, fine; v) another, as before, 3.22g, good to fine; vi) another, as before, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, rev. COS IIII, Vesta standing left, holding simpulum and palladium, 3.06g (RIC 229a; BMC 806), near fine; vii) another, as before, 3.01g, fair to good; viii) another, as before, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, rev. COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding grain-ears and resting on modius set on prow, 3.12g (RIC 231; BMC 809), fine or thereabouts; (8).

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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£320

Starting price
£120