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LOT 2909
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 113-114. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II 272; BMCRE 421; Woytek 422b; RSC 404a. Near Extremely Fine.(3.31gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 317-318. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing to left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; crescent and star across field, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 149; C&T 8.12.003; RML 880. 2.81gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 299. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; B in left field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC 85a. 9.89gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
