LOT 2907
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Rome mint. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor on horse to left, holding sceptre. RIC IV 11b; RSC 4. Extremely Fine.(4.41gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
London mint; struck circa AD 322-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmetted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, F-B across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 259; C&T 9.06.030; RML 1093. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P VII COS II P P, emperor as Romulus, advancing to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and trophy with left. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 507-510; RSC 351. 2.90gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on shield and holding inverted spear in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 - (unlisted bust type); MIR 1150k. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Intact silvering. Very rare bust type.
From a London collection, 1990s.
