LOT 3342
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC II 672; Woytek 534v; Banti 106. Very Fine.(26.35gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; Cohen 648. 3.78gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 296-298. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 23a. 9.71gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
