LOT 3076
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. Near Extremely Fine.(8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection;
Property of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / DIVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan senior seated to left on curule chair, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC II 252 var. (bust type); BMCRE 500; Woytek 406b; RSC 140. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination on obverse.
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 186-189. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / OPTIME MAXIME, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre with left; C V P P in exergue. RIC III 192; BMCRE 233; RSC 387. 2.41gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Some scratches on reverse; edge chipped.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint, struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 1.39gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
