The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 213

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed rev. fields, struck on a broad flan with two bold portraits - tremendous for the issue | ROMAN EMPIRE. Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius (Caesar).
Bronze sestertius, AD 141-143. Rome.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head of A. Pius right. Rev: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F COS, bare-headed and draped bust of M. Aurelius right; SC below.
About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed rev. fields, struck on a broad flan with two bold portraits - tremendous for the issue.

Reference: RIC III-1212; BMCRE-1209.
Rarity: 12h.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 91 (19/9/2012), lot 901.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Weight: 26.24 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 4000 GBP

Starting price: 2500 GBP

Match 1:
The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 296

Price realized: 420 GBP   (Approx. 530 USD / 490 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Good Very Fine; striking green patina - a fine example of this desirable familial issue | ROMAN EMPIRE. Faustina II (wife of Marcus Aurelius).
Bronze sestertius, AD 161-161. Rome.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT, twin brothers Commodus and Antoninus as children, seated facing half inwards towards each other on draped pulvinar (throne); one star above each head, S-C across fields.
Good Very Fine; striking green patina - a fine example of this desirable familial issue.

Reference: RIC III-1665 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE-936 (Marcus Aurelius).
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2013.
Die Axis: 11h.
Diameter: 34 mm.
Weight: 29.14 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 300 GBP

Starting price: 150 GBP

Match 2:
Myntauktioner i Sverige AB > Online Auction 54Auction date: 10 December 2023
Lot number: 203

Price realized: 900 SEK   (Approx. 86 USD / 80 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ANTIKA MYNT.
Roman Empire. ANTONINUS PIUS (A.D. 138-161). AE sestertius. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right)(TR POT XV COS III S C, Annona seating left holding whip and cornucopiae, ANNONA AVG in exergue. SR2 4244 var. 24,32 g. .

Grade: 1 (F)



Starting price: 300 SEK

Match 3:
The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 222

Price realized: 1,250 GBP   (Approx. 1,579 USD / 1,459 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, otherwise attractive with an eye-catching brown patina | ROMAN EMPIRE. Antoninus Pius.
Bronze sestertius, AD 148-149. Rome.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head right. Rev: TEMPORVM FELICITAS, crossed cornucopiae surmounted by busts of two boys; S-C across fields, COS IIII in exergue.
About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, otherwise attractive with an eye-catching brown patina.

Reference: RIC III-857; BMCRE-1827; CNG Triton XXV, lot 915 (hammer: USD 1,400)
Rarity: Very Rare with this bust type; just the 4th example to come to auction in the past 5 years.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., February 2019.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 31 mm.
Weight: 24.20 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 600 GBP

Starting price: 300 GBP

Match 4:
The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 252

Price realized: 460 GBP   (Approx. 581 USD / 537 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, boasting a stunning patina | ROMAN EMPIRE. Marcus Aurelius (Caesar).
Bronze sestertius, AD 140-144. Rome.
Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: PIETAS AVG, priestly implements: knife, sprinkler, jug, lituus, and simpulum; SC in exergue.
About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, boasting a stunning patina.

Reference: RIC III-1234b (Antoninus Pius); BMCRE-1406 (Antoninus Pius) var. (bust type).
Rarity: Extremely Rare bust type.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, November 2017.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 33 mm.
Weight: 25.83 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 400 GBP

Starting price: 200 GBP

Match 5:
The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 286

Price realized: 1,100 GBP   (Approx. 1,389 USD / 1,284 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Good Extremely Fine; gently smoothed with some tooling, otherwise a magnificent bronze, with a splendid brown patina and striking portrait of Verus | ROMAN EMPIRE. Lucius Verus.
Bronze sestertius, AD 163-164. Rome.
Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head right. Rev: TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Victory, winged and half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree a shield inscribed VIC AVG; S-C across fields.
Good Extremely Fine; gently smoothed with some tooling, otherwise a magnificent bronze, with a splendid brown patina and a striking portrait of Verus.

Reference: RIC III-1397 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE-1116.
Rarity: Rare.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2018.
Die Axis: 11h.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Weight: 26.22 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 1000 GBP

Starting price: 500 GBP