LOT 4123
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing facing, head to left, holding staff, surmounted by dragon's head, in her right hand. RIC 12b; Cohen 16. Very Fine.(2.33gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4123
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 10.14gr, 28mm, 7h.
`Good Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome. -
Severus II, as Caesar AE Follis. AD 305-306. Carthage mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
FL VAL SEVERVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART, Carthago standing slightly to right, her head turned left, holding fruits in both hands; H in left field and Γ in exergue. RIC 40a. 8.17gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / NEPTVNO REDVCI, Neptune standing to left, holding dolphin and trident; prow of ship to left below. RIC V.2 76 (Lugdunum); RSC 205a (Lugdunum). 3.13gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
