LOT 3339
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate and draped bust to right / COS VI P P S P Q R, Genius standing to left, holding patera and corn-ears. RIC II 303; BMCRE 519; Woytek 488v; RSC 105. Near Very Fine.(3.20gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 128-134. Rome mint.
Estimate: £500 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippensis). 2.05gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing short beard / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; figure of emperor to left. RIC IV 76; BMCRE 20; RSC 37. 3.40gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
