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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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Marcian AE 11mm. AD 450-457. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
D N MARCIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of Marcian within wreath; cross above, CON below. RIC X 546; LRBC -. 1.26gr, 11mm, 1h.
About Extremely Fine.
Ex Artemide Aste, 47E, no.471. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENVS, Venus standing to left, holding dove and sceptre. RIC III 730 (Aurelius); RSC 255. 3.00gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. Struck September-November AD 275. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERINA P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right on crescent / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian, on the left, and Severina, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands; Q between, XXI in exergue. RIC V online 3202; Cohen 1. 4.11gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety from Antioch mint.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
