orichalcum (brass) sestertii
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RC 2937 - Claudius (41-54 AD) - brass sestertius - 35mm
obverse - TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP
reverse - [SPES] AVG - Spes (Hope) advancing holding flower and holding skirt.
Hope is always personified as a young girl going out in adult dress for the first time, raising her skirt clear of the mud.
The coin has a good green patina.
This is probably a contemporary copy issued by the Roman army. Following the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, the army in Britain ran short of money to pay its troops so began to mint its own to avoid a potential crisis.
£95
obverse - TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP
reverse - [SPES] AVG - Spes (Hope) advancing holding flower and holding skirt.
Hope is always personified as a young girl going out in adult dress for the first time, raising her skirt clear of the mud.
The coin has a good green patina.
This is probably a contemporary copy issued by the Roman army. Following the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, the army in Britain ran short of money to pay its troops so began to mint its own to avoid a potential crisis.
£95
RC 1100 - Hadrian (117-138 AD) - brass sestertius of 30 mm (Rome, 136 AD)
obverse - HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
reverse - ADVENTI AVG [GALLIAE?] - Hadrian standing facing Gaul sacrificing over altar.
£100
obverse - HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
reverse - ADVENTI AVG [GALLIAE?] - Hadrian standing facing Gaul sacrificing over altar.
£100
RC 2911 - Hadrian (117-138 AD) - brass sestertius of 125AD (33 mm)
obverse - IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
reverse - PONT MAX TR POT COS III - LIBERTAS RESTITVTA (in exergue)
Hadrian seated on dais, his arm outstretched towards woman and child.
A coin with an attractive green patina.
£175
obverse - IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
reverse - PONT MAX TR POT COS III - LIBERTAS RESTITVTA (in exergue)
Hadrian seated on dais, his arm outstretched towards woman and child.
A coin with an attractive green patina.
£175
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RC 1714 - Faustina Junior - brass sestertius
Faustina Junior was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius
obverse - FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
reverse - LAETITIA - Laetitia (happiness) holding olive wreath and sceptre.
SOLD
Faustina Junior was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius
obverse - FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
reverse - LAETITIA - Laetitia (happiness) holding olive wreath and sceptre.
SOLD
