LOT 3374
Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-late 150s. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / [AET]ER-NITAS, Aeternitas seated to left, holding phoenix on globe and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC III 1156 (Pius). Near Very Fine.(13.51gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-125. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Aeternitas standing to left, holding heads of Sol and Luna; AETER AVG across fields. RIC II.3 115; RSC 131. 3.05gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 203-208. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / PROVID DEORVM, Providentia standing to left, holding sceptre and wand over globe. RIC IV 51; BMCRE 458 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 170. 3.42gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
