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LOT 3610
Group of Two [2] Roman Imperial AE Coins. AD 98-117.
Two Dupondii of Trajan (AD 98-117): Rome mint, AD 98-99. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head to right / TR POT COS III P P, Abundantia seated to left on chair of two crossed cornucopiae, holding sceptre. RIC II, 398; Woytek 49a. Condition as seen.(20.7gr total, 26-27mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Hadrian AE Semis. Struck circa AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / COS III, aquila between two signa; S C below. RIC 888 var. (not draped); Cohen -; BMC 1362 var. (same); cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 26, lot 3345. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this bust type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. Struck late AD April-December 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[A] VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head to right / XV VIR [SACR FAC], tripod with covered vessel; above, dolphin to right; between tripod legs, raven standing to right. RIC 70; Cohen 115. 3.13gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
