Auction Catalogue
Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, Denarius, 68 BC, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, reverse wild boar being attacked by hound, 3.84gm (Craw. 407/2; Sear 346); Septimius Severus, Denarius, 198-200, Rome, laureate bust right, reverse Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, 3.00gm (RIC 125; C 96); Gordian III, Antoninianus, 238-9, Antioch, bust right, reverse Providentia standing, holding globe and sceptre, 4.33gm (RIC 193); Trajan Decius, Antoninianus, 249-51, Rome, radiate bust right, reverse Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiæ, 3.97gm (RIC 16c); Constantine II, Æ3, 325-6, Alexandria, bust left, reverse camp-gate, officina b, 3.44gm (RIC 36); Indo-Parthians, Soter Megas, c.100 AD, Æ 12, bust of King right, holding lance, reverse King on horseback right, 2.08gm (cf. Bartlett, NC 1963, pp.37-45); together with another 4th century bronze [7]. Second and third extremely fine, others generally very fine, bankers’ mark on obverse of first (£70-80)
Provenance:
2nd SCMB Oct. 1959 (B951); 3rd from the Dorchester Hoard, 1939, bt Baldwin 1960; 4th from the Plevna Hoard and SCMB Mar. 1965 (A261); 5th bt Baldwin Feb. 1961; 6th bt 1966
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