LOT 3613
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 100. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III P P, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 38; BMCRE 72; Woytek 75a; RSC 222. Very Fine.(3.20gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER-NITAS, Pietas standing to left by altar, raising right hand and holding box of incense with left. RIC III 1161 (Pius) var. (DIVA FAVSTINA). 10.41gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding snake from patera. RIC IV 140; BMCRE 28 note; RSC 258. 2.73gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light toning.
From 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. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 139. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; COS II and S C across fields. RIC III 561; Cohen 561. 11.42gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina with chocolate brown highlights. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
