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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Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 233. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XII COS III P P, Sol, radiate, walking to left, raising right hand and holding whip; S C across fields. RIC IV 535; C. 442; BMCRE 937 corr. (bust type). 21.44gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, raising hand and holding spear, captive at feet to left; R(star)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 157. 3.29gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar, AR Argenteus. AD 295-296. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
CONSTANTIVS CAES, laureate head to right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets; A in exergue. RIC VI 42a; RSC 314†b. 3.30gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
