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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Valentinian II AE 21mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS E-XERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive to right; ANTΔ in exergue. RIC IX 63a var. (officina not listed). 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare with this officina.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Maximinus I AE Sestertius. AD 236-238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and palm, captive seated to left at feet; S C across fields. RIC IV 90; Cohen 109; BMCRE 191. 19.04gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in two lines within wreath; •AQT• below. RIC VII 94 var. (obv. legend); Bikic-Do hoard 378-401. 3.21gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
