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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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305. Antioch mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C FL V CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI •, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; I in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 70a. 9.84gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. 3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
