LOT 3590
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Juno(?) standing facing, head to left, extending right hand and holding long sceptre with left. RIC III 344 (Pius); BMCRE 345 (Pius); RSC 26. Very Fine. Toned.(2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath left; •TS•Є• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC V.2 72 (Lugdunum); RSC 155a corr. (rev. type). 3.40gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
