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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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Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. [IMP] NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head to right / Victory alighting to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R; S C across fields. RIC I 543; Cohen 302; BMCRE 381. 11.13gr, 30mm, 6h
Very Fine. Nice dark olive green patina.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear in right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground. RIC V.4 207; Cunetio 2400; Elmer 190. 3.50gr, 23mm, 2h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on scepter, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079; Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included).
