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Lot # 10248 - ROMAN. Antoninus Pius. A.D. 138-161. Bronze As (9.54g). Rome mint, or possibly a mint in Britain. Struck A.D. 154-155. Laureate head right / Britannia seated left on rock, propping head on one hand and resting the other on the rock, in attitude of mourning; to left, large round shield with central spike and transverse vexillum projecting upward to left. RIC III 934. gVF. Scholarly opinion remains divided as to whether the BRITANNIA asses of Antoninus Pius were actually struck in the Roman province of Britannia. The Standard Catalogue of British Coins, 45th edition (2010), p. 68, 646 note, records that many examples of this type have been recovered in significant numbers on Romano-British sites, most notably from Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh fort on Hadrian's Wall. This distribution raises the intriguing possibility that the series may have been produced by a temporary mint operating in Britain. At the same time, the engraving is of consistently regular style, indicating that, even if struck locally, these coins were almost certainly produced from regular Roman dies brought specially to Britain for this purpose. Our specimen is most likely finer than all other known examples of this interesting type, being exceptionally well centred, with full legends and an attractive light patina. It is clearly superior to the two most recent comparanda, CNG Auction 592, lot 493 (30 July 2025), hammered USD 1,200, and Leu Auction 29, lot 2076 (24 February 2024), hammered CHF 950.Estimate: AUD 1000
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Lot # 10272 - ROMAN. Pescennius Niger. A.D. 193-194. Silver Denarius (2.88g). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG; laureate head right / SALVTI AVGVSTI; Salus standing facing, head right, holding serpent and feeding it from a patera; lighted altar to right; two pellets in field. BMCRE 312A (note); Cohen 68; RIC IV 77. Lovely grey toning. gVF for the type. This denarius, struck at Antioch in the turmoil of A.D. 193, captures the brief and ambitious bid for power by Pescennius Niger. Proclaimed emperor by the eastern legions after the murder of Pertinax, he set up his court in Antioch and styled himself IVST AVG, the Just Augustus, to claim moral legitimacy against rivals such as Didius Julianus and Septimius Severus. On the reverse, Salus feeds a serpent from a patera beside a lit altar, a clear appeal for the health of the emperor and the welfare of his troops on campaign, while the two small pellets in the field serve as simple mint control marks. The sharply cut, distinctly Syrian portrait, with tight features and close-cropped beard, contrasts with the broader Roman style of Severan issues from the capital. Defeated near Issus in A.D. 194, Niger left a short but evocative coinage, and this well-struck example with full legends and crisp details is a particularly attractive representative of the Antioch series. From the half-century formed collection; previously ex Savoca Numismatik, 91st Auction, lot 648 (13 December 2020), hammered USD 2,700. (P)Estimate: AUD 2500
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Lot # 10290 - ROMAN. Macrinus. A.D. 217-218. Silver Denarius (3.32g). Rome mint. Struck A.D. 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, holding a military standard in each hand. RIC 67; RSC 23. Choice Mint State. Perfectly centred and struck with needle-sharp detail. A superb example with lovely bluish and rose iridescent toning, almost certainly among the very finest known specimens of the type and a serious contender for the finest Macrinus denarius extant. Macrinus, a native of Mauretania and the first Roman emperor to rise from the equestrian order, began his career as a distinguished jurist and high official under Septimius Severus before advancing to the powerful post of praetorian prefect under Caracalla. A prophecy that he would overthrow and succeed the emperor, coupled with signs that Caracalla distrusted him, almost certainly drew him into the plot that ended with Caracalla's murder in April A.D. 217. Proclaimed emperor soon afterwards, Macrinus elevated his young son Diadumenian to the rank of Caesar, but his brief reign was compromised by military miscalculations and a costly peace with the Parthian king Artabanos IV, which badly damaged his standing with the legions. Seizing the moment, Julia Maesa and her family rallied Legio III Gallica to proclaim Elagabalus, whose forces defeated Macrinus near Antioch. Attempting to flee towards Italy in disguise, he was captured and executed, his short and troubled rule bringing a swift end to the first equestrian principate. From a collection formed over half a century; previously privately purchased from Superior Galleries. (P)Estimate: AUD 5000
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