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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1031

Roman Empire, Trajan (AD 98-117), AR Denarii (6): i) Rome, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery to far shoulder, rev. COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae, 2.63g (RIC 119; BMC 290), good fine; ii) another, as before, 2.73g, lustrous, reverse corroded, good to fine; iii) another, as before, rev. COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Pax/Felicitas standing left, leaning on column, 2.84g (RIC 120/126; BMC 306/316), nice detailed obverse, lustrous throughout, in spite of light verdigris to reverse, near very fine; iv) another, as before, rev. COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Fortuna standing left, holding cornucopiae and rudder, 3.17g (RIC 122; BMC 306), fine; v) another, as before, rev. COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond, 2.99g (RIC 128; BMC 306), good to fine; vi) another, as before, 2.87g, good to fine; (6).

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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