LOT 3107
Trajan AR Denarius AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 112-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's Column surmounted with statue of the Emperor; at base, two eagles. RIC II 292; BMCRE 454; Woytek 425v; RSC 558. Very Fine.(3.39gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The reverse type depicts Trajan's Column, one of the most visible and iconic monuments of ancient Rome that survives today. Built to commemorate the Dacian campaign, and using the spoils of war, it was completed in AD 113 and featured on the coinage of that year and the next.
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Lucilla, Augusta AE As. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck AD 161-164. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 1733 (Aurelius); Cohen 11. 9.51gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. 3.14gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost intact.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
