LOT 3157
Trajan AE Semis. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 109. [IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN] AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on far shoulder / Lupa Romana (she-wolf) at bay to left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 694 (quadrans). Fine.(3.02gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.37gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; SMNA in exergue. RIC VII 188. 2.09gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Constantine I BI 15mm. Died AD 337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 337-340. 3rd officina. DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled head to right / Veiled emperor drives galloping quadriga to right, hand of god above; SMNΓ below. RIC VIII 18. 1.88gr, 15mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
