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LOT 2928
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After circa AD 146. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on the ground. RIC 366; Cohen 73. Near Very Fine.(3.15gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Carthage mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant tusk; lion holding bull's head at feet to left, H in left field, PKT in exergue. RIC VI 24a. 9.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 197. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / MVNIFICENTIA AVG, cuirassed elephant walking to right. RIC IV 82; BMCRE 168; RSC 348. 3.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Gitbud & Naumann. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Maximian standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving crowning Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; S between, XXI[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC 607. 4.02gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
