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LOT 3095
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Died AD 140/1.
Rome mint. Struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head to left, holding torch with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC III 356 (Pius); BMCRE 399 (Pius); RSC 96. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.(3.50gr, 18mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Spink, dealer's ticket included.
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Trajan AE Quadrans. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 114-117. [IMP CAES TRAIAN] AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, draped with lion skin / Club; S C across fields. RIC II 699; Woytek 603b; BMCRE 1071-2. 2.79gr, 14mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint; struck AD 266-267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS POS-TVMI AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in arms from patera. RIC V.2 328 (Colonia Agrippinensis); Elmer 414; RSC 350a. 3.37gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rome mint; struck AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, aegis at point of bust / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopiae with left; S C across fields. RIC II 624; Cohen 142. 24.44gr, 31mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Charming olive green patina.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
