LOT 3407
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, extending hand over child and holding cornucopia. RIC IV 249 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 61 (Elagabalus); RSC 8. Near Very Fine.(2.91gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
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Julian II AE 25mm. AD 360-363. Contemporary imitation of the Ludgunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. 6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). 7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
