LOT 3596
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.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. 2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP LICINIVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, captives below standard inscribed VOT XX; T T in exergue. RIC VII 116. 3.88gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 316-317. Heraclea mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding mappa, globe and sceptre / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with seven rows, no doors and three turrets; HTB below. RIC VII 15. 3.60gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
