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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Licinius I AE Nummus. AD 316. Trier mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, T-S across field, BTR in exergue. RIC 120. 3.09gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Hadrian AE As. Struck circa AD 132-134. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to left / FELICITATI AV[G] above, COS III P P in exergue, [S] C across field, galley rowed to left by four oarsmen: at the bow mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern hortator. RIC II 719. 11.70gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, 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.
