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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 716
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR Antoninianus, Antioch mint, Sol, struck 242-244 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Antioch mint
Date: 242-244 AD (fourth issue)
Denomination: AR Antoninianus
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from back
Reverse: ORIENS AVG, Sol standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe
Size: 22.09mm, 4.4g, 6h
Grade: Choice EF, fine style, well centred, toned, some deposits (can be cleaned, if desired)
Reference(s): RIC IV 213; Cohen V 167; RSC IV 167; SRCV 8626
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 713
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR Antoninianus, Jupiter, struck 241-243 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Rome mint
Date: 241-243 AD (fourth issue)
Denomination: AR Antoninianus
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse: OVI STATORI, Jupiter standing front, head right, holding long sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left
Size: 23.54mm, 4.1g, 12h
Grade: gVF, filled obverse die, weak strike on reverse, nicely toned, some deposits (can be cleaned if desired)
Reference(s): RIC IV 84; Cohen V 109; RSC IV 109; SRCV 8615
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 715
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR Antoninianus, Sol, struck 241-243 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Rome mint
Date: 241-243 AD (fourth issue)
Denomination: AR Antoninianus
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse: AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe
Size: 23.17mm, 3.6g, 12h
Grade: aEF, well centred, toned
Reference(s): RIC IV 83; Cohen V 41; RSC IV 41; SRCV 8603
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 714
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR Antoninianus, Virtus, struck 240 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Rome mint
Date: March to May 240 AD (third issue)
Denomination: AR Antoninianus
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG, Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus, helmeted in military dress, standing front, head left, holding branch in right hand and spear in left; shield rests against right foot
Size: 22.25mm, 4.1g, 12h
Grade: EF, weakly struck, well centred, nicely toned, some deposits on reverse (can be cleaned, if desired)
Reference(s): RIC IV 56; Cohen V 386; RSC IV 386
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 599
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, Pisidia, Antiochia, AE35, She-wolf and twins, struck 240-243 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Pisidia, Antiochia
Date: 240-243 AD
Denomination: AE35
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: IMP CAES MANT GORDIANOVS AVG, Bust of Gordian III right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass
Reverse: CAESANTIOCHC OL, She-wolf standing right; below, suckling twins; behind, fig-tree; in emerge, S R
Size: 34.63, 27.1g,7h
Grade: Choice aEF, milled edge
Provenance: ex Solidus Numismatik Auction 20 (21 October 2017), Lot 136
Reference(s): BMC Lycia [Antiochia] p. 194, 103-104; Lindgren I 1232 (obv. legend); SNG Paris 1210; SGICV -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 284
᷅ SOLD: Gordian III, AR Antoninianus, Sol, 240-243 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Rome
Date: 240-243 AD
Denomination: AR Antoninianus
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: AETERNITATI AVG, Sol, radiate, standing left with globe
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): RIC 83; RSC 41; Sear 2430
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 72
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian Platform Sestertius
Ruler: Hadrian
Date: 118 AD
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian facing right
Reverse: Emperor seated left on platform attendant handing out cash to citizen ascending steps Liberalitas in background
Size: 38mm in diameter
Reference(s): Cohen 914. RIC 0552. No.1325. Rated Rare in RIC.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 125
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian Sestertius
Ruler: Hadrian.
Date: 117-138 AD.
Denomination: Sestertius.
Composition: Orichalicum.
Obverse: Laureate bust of emperor Hadrian facing right.
Reverse: Legend reads: COS III Diana standing right holding a bow and arrow SC across field.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 520
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian, 117-138 AD, AE Sestertius, Roma, struck 118 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 118 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, right, with right shoulder and chest bare, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated right on cuirass and shield, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Hadrian, who stands left, facing her, togate, left hand at side; S C left and right, in field; ADVENTVS AVG in exergue
Size: 32.18m, 25.11g, 6h
Grade: aVF, repatinated surfaces, light strengthening of details
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 409 (8 November 2017), Lot 587; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 134 (29 March 2001), Lot 353
Reference(s): BMC II 1121; RIC II 547; Cohen II 91; Banti 73; Strack II 511; SRCV II 3571
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 650
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian, 117-138 AD, AR Denarius, Roma or Virtus, struck 125-128 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome mint
Date: late 125 to early 128 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Head of Hadrian, laureate, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: COS III, Roma, or Virtus, helmeted, draped, standing right, left foot on helmet, holding vertical spear in right hand and parazonium in left
Size: 18.48mm, 2.7g, 5h
Grade: aVF, tight flan, toned
Reference(s): RIC II 160; BMCRE III 356-358; Cohen II 310; RSC II 353
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 568
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian, 117-138 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AR Tetradrachm, Eagle, struck 118 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 118 AD (COS II)
Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: AYT KAI ΘE TPA ΠAP YI ΘENEP YI TPAI AΔPIANOC CEB, Bust of Hadrian, laureate and cuirassed, seen from front, facing right; slight drapery on far shoulder; all within dotted border
Reverse: ΔHMAPX EΞYΠAT B, Eagle standing right, on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, facing left; all within dotted border
Size: 24.15m, 13.0g, 6h
Grade: aEF, exceptional portrait, tight flan, boldly struck, exceptional portrait, toned, lustrous surfaces
Provenance: From the Steve P Collection, Ex Dionysus Coins (eBay, November 2017)
Reference(s): Prieur 156; McAlee 533; Butcher p. 91, 11; BMC Galatia [Antioch] p. 187, 304; cf. SGICV 1077 (for type)
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 253
᷅ SOLD: Hadrian, AE As, Dacia, 117-138 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 117-138 AD
Denomination: AE As
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Draped bust of emperor Hadrian facing right
Reverse: Dacia seated left on rock, holding vexillum and curved sword; right foot rests on globe; SC in left and right fields; DACIA in exergue
Size: 27mm, 12.9g
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): RIC 850, Cohen 531v, BMCRE 1741