LOT 3081
Trajan AE Quadrans. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 114-117. [IMP CAES TRAIAN] AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, draped with lion skin / Club; S C across fields. RIC II 699; Woytek 603b; BMCRE 1071-2. Near Very Fine.(2.79gr, 14mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Constantius II, as Caesar AV Solidus. AD 324-337.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,389
Ticinum mint; struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI I-V-VENTVTIS, Prince standing facing, head to right, holding legionary standard surmounted by eagle with right hand and sceptre with left; in field to right, another standard surmounted by hand; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 181; Cahn 71, 1847; Basel xvii, 612. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. [...]VSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from front / [PR]OV[I]D AV[G], Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; [globe?] at feet to left, [C?] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 348 (Camulodunum mint). 2.30gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines with captive seated on ground on either side; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 256. 3.75gr, 20mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Die break to obverse. Beautiful dark green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
