LOT 3136
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding bag with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC IV 28b note (bust also draped); RSC -. Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.(3.94gr, 21mm, 1h).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ticinum mint. Struck AD 276. 5th officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICIT TEMP, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and sceptre with left; V in exergue. RIC V.1 140; MER-RIC 3442 (temporary). 4.42gr, 22mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and long sceptre with left. RIC IV 5; BMCRE 13-15; RSC 204a. 2.76gr, 18mm, 1h
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head to left, small globe at point of bust / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding cornucopiae with left hand and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with right; S C across fields. RIC I 534; BMCRE 371. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
