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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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Hadrian AE Semis. Struck circa AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / COS III, aquila between two signa; S C below. RIC 888 var. (not draped); Cohen -; BMC 1362 var. (same); cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 26, lot 3345. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this bust type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IM[...] P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIAN[...]RΛE, Diana walking to right, holding transverse torch in both hands. Cf. RIC V.2 299 (Cologne). 2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Imitative issue of a very rare type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 299-300. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Є in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC 53a. 9.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
