Lot 4721

Description

Trajan, (A.D.98-117), AE as, Rome mint, issued 107, (9.60 g), obv. laureate head of Trajan to right, drapery on far shoulder, IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, rev. Annona (Abundantia) standing to left holding corn-ears over modius and cornucopiae, prow of ship to right, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across, (cf.S.3221, RIC 492, C.470) (illustrated); another AE orichalcum as, issued 115-6, Antioch mint, (8.98 g), obv. radiate bust of Trajan to right, around [IMP CAES NER TR]AIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, rev. DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI PP around a laurel wreath enclosing a large S C, (S.3243 [AE as], RIC 644, C.122); Marcus Aurelius, (A.D. 161-180), AE dupondius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 172, (12.40 g), obv. radiate head of Marcus Aurelius to right, around M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, rev. around IMP VI COS III, Victory standing to right, placing on palm tree a shield inscribed VIC PAR, S C across, (cf.S.4978, RIC 1031, C.273). Fine - good very fine. (3)

Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., two with tickets.