LOT 3144
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 250-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / DACIA, Dacia standing facing, head to left, holding staff, surmounted by ass's head. RIC IV.3 112a; Cohen 18. Good Very Fine. Beautiful red-brown patina with green highlights.(13.12gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.
From the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158. Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. 3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 128-136/7.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
Rome mint; struck circa AD 128-134. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255.
