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LOT 3526
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. Very Fine.(3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3526
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 314. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left; R F across fields, R(star)P in exergue. RIC VII 22. 2.85gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Beautiful green patina. Rare with this bust.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 186-187. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. 23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 73; BMCRE 66-67; RSC 33b. 3.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State. Beautiful light cabinet tone.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 2970. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 481. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
