LOT 2907
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 107-108. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Danube reclining to left on rocks, head to right, with billowing cloak above, placing his right hand on stern and resting his left arm on overturned urn; DANVVIVS in exergue. RIC II 100; BMCRE 395; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone. Some scratches.(2.73gr, 19mm, 7h.).
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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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 301. Alexandria mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; XX in left field, Γ over I in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 33b. 9.25gr, 28mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...] AVG, radiate head to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. 3.33gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Very unusual type for imitative issue.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
