LOT 3110
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M THICO P M TR P COS VI P P (sic), radiate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE [ROMANVS], emperor standing facing, head to left, between two trophies; S C in exergue. RIC II 676 var. (obverse legend); BMCRE 1052-4 var. (same); Woytek 586v var. (same). Good Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled, possibly resulting in variant in obverse legend.(14.12gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 821 (company's ticket included).
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Rome mint; struck AD 107-108. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes advancing to right, holding flower and raising skirt. RIC II 127 var. (bust type); BMCRE 319-321; Woytek 266b; RSC 84. 3.51gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 145-147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and vertical sceptre in her left. RIC III 129; Cohen 226; BMCRE 521. 3.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F6A6F. -
Constantine I or II BI Nummus. 4th century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Treveri mint. 1st officina. CONSTANTIN[...], laureate bust to right, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SAR[MATIA D]EVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy in her right hand and palm frond in her left, spurning captive seated to right; PTR in exergue. Unpublished in the most references. 3.05gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
