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.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 120-121. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar to left; SAL AV[G] in exergue. RIC II.3 374; BMCRE 314; RSC 1324. 2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 210-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory seated to left on shield, holding shield and palm. RIC IV 335; BMCRE 61; RSC 731. 3.18gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES AVGG, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.2 270. 2.65gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
