LOT 3343
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Emperor standing to right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground, reclining figures of Armenia, Euphrates and Tigris, the former reclining to left in centre, head turned facing, the latter two to left and right, facing each other; S C across fields. RIC II 642 corr. (obv. legend); Woytek 590v.2; BMCRE 1037. Very Fine.(25.24gr, 34mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; AQP (or AQ•P?) in exergue. Unpublished with this mintmark or RIC VI 29b. 9.83gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Vespasian AR Denarius or Drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.91gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Brockage of obverse issue.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe. RIC IV 83; RSC 41. 4.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
