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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Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, with legs crossed, holding caduceus with her right hand and leaning on column with left. RIC IV 335 (Alexander); BMCRE 483 and 485 (Alexander); RSC 17. 2.87gr, 21mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 4th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S-F across fields, HL (ligate) in right field, ΔSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 124. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 3rd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; Γ in left field, ✶SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85a. 8.98gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
