LOT 3595
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head to left, holding corn ears and long torch. RIC III 360 (Pius); BMCRE 408 (Pius); RSC 78. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.(3.15gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C [...]VS AV, radiate and draped bust to right / T[...] AVG, Victory(?) standing to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.2 224. 4.33gr, 25mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. 11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Struck AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAE L • SEP SE•V PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / BONI EV-ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing to left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 369; BMCRE 343 (Wars of the Succession); RSC 68. 3.04gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
