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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1028

Roman Empire, Trajan (AD 98-117), AR Denarii (4): i) Rome, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head right, slight drapery to far shoulder rev. P M TR P COS IIII P P, Victory standing right upon prow terminating in serpent, holding palm frond and wreath, 2.90g (RIC 59; BMC 102), considerable corrosion and verdigris, good; ii) another, as before, 2.91g, slightly softened, especially to reverse, but otherwise good fine or thereabouts; iii) IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust right, rev. P M TR P COS IIII P P, Victory standing right, inscribing shield upon cippus, 3.24g (RIC 65; BMC 112), points of corrosion, residual lustre, good to fine; iv) IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head right, drapery to far shoulder, rev. COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Aeternitas standing left, AET-AVG across fields, 2.96g (RIC 91; BMC 375), flattened, yet lustrous, good; (4)

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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