LOT 3218
Trajan Decius AE Double Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, drapery over far shoulder / FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 115a; Banti 9. Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.(31.16gr, 35mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx David Miller, 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
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Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 330-331. 4th officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RBQ in exergue. RIC VII 338. 1.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Serdica mint; struck AD 280/1. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip; in exergue: KAB. RIC V.2 862; probuscoins.fr 2030. 2.97gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
