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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 48

Roman Empire, a Selection of Denarii (6): i) Trajan (AD 98-117), struck c. 112-113, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head right, with slight drapery on left shoulder rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, equestrian statue of Trajan on horseback to left, holding spear in his right hand and small Victory in his left, 3.50g (BMC 445; Cohen 497; RIC 291 var. (bust type); Woytek 394b), good fine; ii) Hadrian (AD 117-138), struck 137-138, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right, rev. PROVIDENTIA, Providentia standing left, holding sceptre and hand over globe, 3.37g (RIC 2320; BMC 695), toned, good very fine; iii) Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (139-161), AR Denarius, struck under Antoninus Pius, c. 145-160, AVRELIVS CAR AVG P II F, laureate head right, rev. COS II, Spes advancing left, holding flower, 3.24g (RIC 431; Cohen 103), softened yet toned, fine to good fine; Caracalla (AD 198-217) (2): iv) struck 206 AD, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, rev. PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars standing left, holding spear and branch, 3.91g (RIC 80b; Cohen 420), dark tone, good fine to very fine; v) another, struck 212, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right, rev. P M TR P XV COS III P P, Annona seated to left, holding corn ears and cornucopiae, modius at feet, 2.98g (RIC 195; RSC 205), about very fine; vi) Geta (198-209), AR Denarius, struck under Septimius Severus (193-211), P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, draped bust right, rev. PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Geta standing left, trophy of arms behind, 3.47g (RIC 18; RSC 158a), toned, good fine to very fine; (6).

Provenance

The Major Hamish and Mrs Ann Orr-Ewing Collection of Roman Coins


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