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LOT 2023
Roman to Post Medieval Artefact Group
CIRCA 2ND-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 3 1/2 in. (24 grams total, 18-88 mm).
Including a Trajan Denarius (98-117 AD), medieval buckle loop and other items. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991.
Literature
For the Trajan denarius see Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins, volume II, Tiberius to Commodus London, 2004, nos.63ff., p.84.
Footnotes
The Trajan (AD 98-117) silver Denarius should be from the mint of Rome (A.D. 100). It shows on the obverse the inscription IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, and laureate bust of Trajan facing right.
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