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LOT 2926
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Ceres standing to left, raising her right hand hand and holding torch with her left. RIC 382a. Near Extremely Fine.(2.87gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 225. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC 139; BMCRE 220; RSC 52. 2.72gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. Circa AD 295. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia, B in right field; (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 90b. 9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right, [within wreath]. Cf. RIC X 674 ff. 1.12gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex CNG, eAuction 533, lot 907. Property of a London antiquarian.
