Watch List notes:

Roman Empire, a selection of Nerva-Antoninan coins (7), Nerva (AD96-98), AR Denarius, c. 96 IMP NERVA CAES AVG[?] COS III P P, laureate head right, rev. LIBERTAS PUBLICA, Libertas standing left, holding pileus in left hand, sceptre in right, 6h, (RIC, 19[?]), lamentably worn around legend, considerable carbon-bleminishing on reverse, nonetheless toned and fine; Trajan (AD98-117) (3), AR Denarius, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG C F R M laureate head right, rev. P M TR P COS II P P Vesta seated left, holding torch and patera, 5h, (RIC, 9), unfortunate environmental damage blemishing a well-struck example, good; AR Denarius, c. AD103-111, IMP TRAIANO AVG GERM DAC P M TR P [COS V P P], draped laureate bust right, rev. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Victory standing left, holding pileus in left hand, sceptre in right, 6h, (RIC, 193[?]), legends obscured by carbon-spotting and white deposits, character of portraiture still remains along with tone, fine; AR Denarius, c.AD112-113, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head right, slight drapery at far shoulder, rev. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Annona standing front, head to left, holding grain ears in right hand and corncopiae in left, to left, child standing front, head to right, ALIM ITAL in exergue, 5h, coin commemorating Trajan's subsistence fund to the children of Italy, initially financed through booty from the Dacian Wars and later through estate taxes. Considerably flattened and scratched, nevertheless fine; Hadrian (AD117-138), AR Denarius, HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, rev. COS III Diana stood right with bow and arrow, 6h, (RIC 147), nicely struck, slightly flattened, lustrous, good fineAelius Caesar (AD138), Posthumous, under Antoninus Pius (AD138-161), AR Denarius, c. July-August AD138, IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare head right, rev., PONT MAX TR POT COS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, 6h, (RIC, 446), slightly flattened, toned with carbon-spotting at legend, fine example of a rare coin from a brief moment of interimperium; Antoninus Pius (AD138-161), AR Denarius, 156-157,ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP IMP II, laureate bust right, rev. TR POT XX COS IIII, Annona standing right carrying rudder and modio on bow, 8h, (RIC, 260), nice details, some wear on legend, fine (7).

Estimate: £200 - £250