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LOT 2927
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. Very Fine.(3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Antioch mint; struck AD 72-73. [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1554; RPC II 1927; BMCRE 505; RSC 74. 3.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Interesting with inner linear circle on the reverse (possibly auxiliary line for the engraver).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standards; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149 (bust type); Huvelin, 'Chronologie du règne de Claude II le Gothique,' QT XXI (1992), pg. 312; Venèra 9251; cf. Cohen 89 (same). 2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 98. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM P M TR P II, laureate head to right / IMP II COS IIII P P, priestly implements: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. RIC 47; RSC 95; BMCRE 72. 3.55gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Gitbud & Naumann. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
