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LOT 2908
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 103-111. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and shield. RIC II 163; Cohen 378. Near Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding spear and resting shield on ground, two standards between, star above; PCONST in exergue. RIC VII 345. 2.86gr, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; S P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 118; CT 8.09.024; RML 810. 3.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
