LOT 2774
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Helena under Grandsons - AE3/4 337-340 A.D.
Mother of Constantine I, posthumous, Constantinople mint. Obv: FL IVL HELENA AVG legend with draped bust right. Rev: PAX PVBLICA legend with Pax standing left holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; mintmark CONSE in exergue. Very fine.(1.64 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
RIC viii, p.449, 33-35; LRBC I, 1046-1047; Sear 17497.
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LOT 2774
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Helena under Grandsons - AE3/4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Vespasian - Pax Paduan AE Sestertius Circa 19th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P COS III legend with laureate bust right. Rev: PAX AVG legend with Pax standing right holding branch in left hand lighting pile of arms before with torch in right with statute of Minerva on column behind; S C in exergue. 27.50 grams.
Good very fine.
Property of a North London gentleman.
The so-called 'Paduan' series of imitative or fantasy coins started in the 16th century A.D. with many produced by Giovanni Cavino of Padua, Italy; although sometimes referred to as fakes or forgeries, they originated in era of collecting when authenticity was not always the primary desire of collectors; many Paduans have been copied and re-copied down the centuries since and they are a popular area for some collectors today; a useful work on the subject is The Paduans, cited above, which lists many examples. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - Triumphal Arch AE Sestertius After 58 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Lugdunum mint. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P legend with laureate bust right, globe at point. Rev: triumphal arch with emperor in facing quadriga flanked by Victory and Pax atop with bas relief of Mars to left side; S - C across fields. 27.69 grams.
Very fine.
Ex Alison Barker collection. Accompanied by a coin ticket.
The arch shown on the reverse commemorates the victories of Cn. Domitius Corbulo in Armenia. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Antoninus Pius - Contemporary Counterfeit Concordia AR Denarius 138-161 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Irregular mint. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II legend with laureate bust right. Rev: CONCORDIA AVG legend with Ceres or Annona seated left, sitting on a cornucopia on a chair, holding corn-ears, facing Proserpina (?) standing left, looking right, holding sceptre and small cornucopia and garland. 2.39 grams.
Good fine.
Found Essex, UK. Accompanied by a collector ticket.
This reverse type is not listed for Antoninus Pius in BMCRE, RIC, Gnecchi, OCRE, British Museum, Berlin, Vienna, etcetera and not listed for any emperor or empress from Augustus to Honorius and can therefore not be a mule; it also cannot be a colonial coin with Latin legends, because the reverse legends of such coins include the word COL, or its abbreviation; it is most likely a local counterfeit.
