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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Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck 15-10 BC. CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. 11.58gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • X X; ЄSIS(star) below. RIC VII 159. 3.44gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with brown highlights.
From a private collection, UK. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]SV TETRICVS CAE[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 272. 3.29gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
