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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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Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 154-155. Rome mint (or mint in Britain?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated to left on rock, resting head on right hand, and resting left hand on rock, round shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue. RIC III 934; Cohen 117; BMCRE 1971. 12.71gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
It has been suggested that the Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius were struck at a mint in the province as significant quantities have been found on Romano-British sites, such as Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh Fort on Hadrian's Wall. However, the enterprise of creating a mint is enormous and out of proportion for such a small issue, the product of quintessentially Roman style die engraving. It is therefore far more likely that this issue was produced in Rome and shipped to Britannia in bulk for distribution. -
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. 3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Theodora AE 13mm. Struck under Constantine II, circa AD 337-340. Treveri mint. 2nd officina. Posthumous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant; TRS(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 91; LRBC 129. 1.08gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
