LOT 3373
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe and lifting hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). Near Very Fine.(26.04gr, 35mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3373
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
![Group of Forty-Three [43] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/244222-s.jpg)
Group of Forty-Three [43] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 218gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 267-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp to right; N in exergue. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 743b; RSC 667. 2.85gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
