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LOT 2889
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 15 BC. Lugdunum mint.
AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head to right / Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated to left on curule chair set on dais, extending his right hand toward two soldiers, each carrying parazonia and presenting laurel branches in their right hands; IMP • X in exergue. For prototype: RIC 165a; Lyon 13; RSC 133; BMCRE 445-6 = BMCRR Gaul 157-8; BN 1366-9. Near Very Fine.(2.98gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 326-328. Thessalonica mint. 1sf officina.
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FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena to right / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC VII 159. 3.09gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
