Lot 1721

Description

Trajan, (98 - 117 AD), silver denarius, (3.33 g), Rome Mint, issued 102 AD, obv. laureate bust right, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M around, rev. PM TR P COS III P P, Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm frond (RIC II 59); Gordian III, (238 - 244 AD), Rome Mint, issued 243-4, silver antoninianus, rev. Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae (RIC IV 140); Tetricus, (270-273 AD), billon antoninianus, rev. Virtus advancing right with spear and shield (RIC V : Z 145); Constantius II, (337 - 361 AD), AE15, rev. VOT XX MULT XXX in wreath; Julian II, (360-3 AD), bronze double maiorina, Antioch Mint, rev. bull right, two stars above (RIC 216), plus a cast copy of a Chios one and a half assasrion, and Indian square AE unit c.250 BC. (6)

Ex Alan McRae Collection, with his descriptive notes.