Lot 3436

Description

Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), brass semis, issued 125-128, Rome or Antioch mint, (4.680 grams), obv. laureate draped bust to right of Hadrian, around HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, rev. COS III around, S C across, lyre, (S.3701, RIC 688, C.443); Claudius II as a posthumous issue by Constantine I, AE follis (2.222 grams), obv. veiled head of Claudius to right, around DIVO CLAVDIO OPT IMP, rev. eagle facing open wings around MEMORIAE AETERNAE, (S.3234, RIC 294); Cilicia, Ninica Claudiupolis, Maximinus, (A.D. 235-238), AE 27, (10.378 grams), obv. bare headed bust right, with countermark of **D* in ring, and with Nike to right, obv. IMP CS IVL VER MAXIMINUS, rev. tetrastyle temple with emperor within, INIC COL CLAVDI/POLO, (cf.S.3548, Howgego 669 and 262[ known with both countermarks]). Fine - good very fine, all scarce. (3)

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 74 (lot 4786) for the first coin and Spink & Son, London with ticket for the second coin.