LOT 3617
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding olive-branch and cornucopia. RIC II 345; BMCRE 594 note; RSC 280. Good Very Fine.(3.26gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Theodosius I BI 22mm. Struck AD 383-388. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and globe, left foot on captive; SMNΔ in exergue. RIC IX 44b. 5.00gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Sandy patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
IMP • M • ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within wreath. RIC III 1006; MIR 18, 219-6/30; Banti 241. 29.63gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, lot 4494 (since professionally cleaned and re-worked). From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath enclosing VOT•XX in two lines; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.50gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
