LOT 3663
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Antioch mint.
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 29c var. (bust type); RSC 113a var. (same). Good Very Fine.(4.09gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 10.57gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 321-324. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; ASIS(sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. 3.27gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
