LOT 2881
Diva Faustina Senior AE Sestertius. Died AD 140/1.
Rome mint; struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe with right hand and lifting hem of skirt with left; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). Near Very Fine.(24.46gr, 33mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent; collector's ticket included.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint; struck AD 75. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / PON MAX TR P COS VI, Securitas seated to left, holding branch in her right hand and resting her left elbow on throne. RIC II 772; RSC 366. 3.07gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, with legs crossed, holding caduceus with her right hand and leaning on column with left. RIC IV 335 (Alexander); BMCRE 483 and 485 (Alexander); RSC 17. 2.87gr, 21mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor on horse to left, holding sceptre. RIC IV 11b; RSC 4. 4.41gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
