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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1033

Roman Empire, Trajan (AD 98-117), AR Denarii (5): i) Rome, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right, rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, 3.13g (RIC 271; BMC 424), lustrous, good fine; ii) IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, as before, rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius (Bonus Eventus) standing left, holding patera and corn ears, 3.30g (RIC 276; BMC 427), lustrous obverse, some corrosion to reverse, otherwise good fine; iii) another, IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate and draped bust right, rev. COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy 2.97g (RIC 331; BMC 616-7), about fine; iv) another, IMP CAES NERV TRAIAN OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust right, rev. PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, FORT RED in exergue, 2.89g (RIC 315; BMC 634), fine; v) another, as before, 3.03g, fine to good fine; (5).

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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£190

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£100