LOT 3589
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust to right, with hair bound on top of head / AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and globe in outstretched right hand. RIC 348 (Pius); RSC 6; BMCRE 366. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(3.77gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twenty [20] Gallienus AE Antoniniani Coins. 253-268 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £183
Group comprising: various issues and reverse types. 61.15gr total, 18-23mm.
Good Fine-Very Fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; SMKB in exergue. RIC VII 28. 2.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive olive-green patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Possibly Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[DIVO CLAVDI]O, radiate head to right / [CO]NSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 1.47gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
