LOT 3105
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck February-autumn AD 98. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC II 17; Cohen 292; BMCRE 14; Woytek 24a. Very Fine.(2.88gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Rome mint. 10th emission, AD 267-268. 5th officina. "Animal/ Mythical" series. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right / HERCVLI CONS AVG, boar running to right; [Є in exergue]. RIC V.1 202 (sole reign); MIR 729b; RSC 317. 3.48gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Germanicus AE Dupondius. Died AD 19.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 12.89gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome. -
Valentinian II AE 13mm. AD 375-392.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Alexandria mint; struck AD 378-383. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ALEB(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. 1.41gr, 13mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
