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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Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.2 633; Cohen 313; BMCRE 406-7; BN 436-438. 28.79gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
