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LOT 3346
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 116-117. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG [GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P CO?]S VI P P, radiate bust to right, drapery on far shoulder / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding spear, between two trophies; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 676 (bust type); cf. BMCRE 1052 (same). Very Fine.(13.59gr, 25mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
