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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Sestertius, Rome, 134-8, bare-headed and draped bust right, hadrianvs avgvstvs cos iii p p, rev. Emperor on horseback right, hand raised, addressing five (?) soldiers standing left, first holding vexillum, second to fourth holding standards, s c in lower field, exerc britannic[vs] in exergue, 25.37g (cf. RIC 912; cf. C 556; Sear 3591; Spink 638). Very fine with dark patina, extremely rare; the Drabble cataloguer (Albert Baldwin) described it as 'possibly the finest known specimen' £3,000-4,000
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Provenance: C.S. Bement Collection, Naville Auction VIII (Lucerne), 25-8 June 1924, lot 889; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 249.
The design of Hadrian haranguing his soldiers is found on a series of bronzes from the mid-130s. Showing the armies of provinces across the empire, from Germany and Moesia to Spain and Syria, the British issue is one of the rarest
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Sestertius, Rome, 134-8, bare-headed and draped bust right, hadrianvs avgvstvs cos iii p p, rev. Emperor on horseback right, hand raised, addressing five (?) soldiers standing left, first holding vexillum, second to fourth holding standards, s c in lower field, exerc britannic[vs] in exergue, 25.37g (cf. RIC 912; cf. C 556; Sear 3591; Spink 638). Very fine with dark patina, extremely rare; the Drabble cataloguer (Albert Baldwin) described it as 'possibly the finest known specimen' £3,000-4,000
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Provenance: C.S. Bement Collection, Naville Auction VIII (Lucerne), 25-8 June 1924, lot 889; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 249.
The design of Hadrian haranguing his soldiers is found on a series of bronzes from the mid-130s. Showing the armies of provinces across the empire, from Germany and Moesia to Spain and Syria, the British issue is one of the rarest