Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Roman Imperial Coinage, Trajan, Sestertius, 103-11, rev. Spes walking left, 27.36g (RIC 509; BMC 810; RCV 3200); Hadrian, As, 125-8, rev. ship with four rowers right, 12.75g (RIC 820; BMC 1342; RCV 3682); Antoninus Pius, As, 140-4, rev. Felicitas standing left, 1.16g (RIC 679; 1362; cf. RCV 4272); Marcus Aurelius (as Cæsar), Sestertius, 151-2, rev. Virtus standing left, 26.92g (RIC Antoninus Pius 1304a; BMC Antoninus Pius 1916; RCV –) [4]. First harshly cleaned, last tooled in hair, otherwise about very fine or better £80-£100

Provenance: Second W. Yorke Moore Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-3 April 1879, lot unspecified