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IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS [XV?], draped bust of Apollo to right; branch in front / Raven standing to right on laurel branch; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 710; cf. Cohen 527; cf. BMCRE 453. 2.52gr, 19mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.23gr, 20mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRΛIΛNΛ in exergue, Via Traiana, partially draped, reclining to left, head turned back to right, holding wheel of eight spokes on right knee and resting left arm on rocks, holding branch in left hand. RIC II 266; Woytek 398b; Strack 179; RSC 648; BMCRE 487-91. 3.01gr, 20mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M [TR P COS V P P?], laureate bust to right, aegis on far shoulder / [S P Q R] OPTIMO PRIN[CIPI], Felicitas seated to left, holding winged caduceus, Dacian kneeling to right in left field; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 499. 26.04gr, 33mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head to right / TR POT COS II P P, Abundantia seated to left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding sceptre in her right hand; S C in exergue. RIC 398; BMC 719; Cohen 618. 13.03gr, 27mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , laureate head to right / She-wolf at bay to right; S C below. RIC II 693; Cohen 339. 2.72gr, 18mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; shield at side, bow and quiver with arrows behind. RIC II.3 538; BMCRE 133; Calicó 1334. 49.56 grams total, 86 mm including case.

NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface 4/5; an outstanding example, certification number 6944543-001.

From the Isar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 961. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with bare chest and slight drapery on both shoulders / DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P, Concordia seated to left, holding patera in her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; below throne, cornucopia; CONCORDIA S C in exergue. RIC 38; BMC -; Cohen -. 10.67gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shouder / COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne; S C in exergue. RIC 877; BMC 1326; Cohen 370. 10.02gr, 26mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

HADRIANVS AVG[VSTVS], laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [SAL]VS AVGVSTI, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding snake coiled round altar from patera and holding sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 828; C. 1357; BMCRE 1348. 12.00gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1012. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 865. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RIC 179. 3.48gr, 19mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.

Librairie Galerie les Chevau Legers, Paris, France. Private collection, Leeds, UK.