LOT 3304
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). Good Fine.(6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Emperor standing to right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground, reclining figures of Armenia, Euphrates and Tigris, the former reclining to left in centre, head turned facing, the latter two to left and right, facing each other; S C across fields. RIC II 642 corr. (obv. legend); Woytek 590v.2; BMCRE 1037. 25.24gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Domna AR Denarius. AD 196-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Isis, wearing polos, standing to right, resting foot on prow, holding patera and infant Horus at breast, rudder leaning against altar behind. RIC IV 577 (Severus); BMCRE 75 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 174. 3.21gr, 18mm, 7h.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
