LOT 3156
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, aegis at point of bust / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II 624; Cohen 142. Near Extremely Fine. Charming olive green patina.(24.44gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 281. 6th officina. IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.02gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre in left; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 1.81gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 213. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate head to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 236; BMCRE 62; RSC 166. 2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
