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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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Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 15 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head to right / Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated to left on curule chair set on dais, extending his right hand toward two soldiers, each carrying parazonia and presenting laurel branches in their right hands; IMP • X in exergue. For prototype: RIC 165a; Lyon 13; RSC 133; BMCRE 445-6 = BMCRR Gaul 157-8; BN 1366-9. 2.98gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. 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. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Rome mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres (or Aeternitas) standing to left, extending right arm and holding long torch with left. RIC III 361 (Pius); BMCRE 17 (Pius); RSC 101a. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
