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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 4th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S-F across fields, HL (ligate) in right field, ΔSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 124. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint. Draped and helmetted bust of Minerva to right / Owl standing to left, head facing; S C across fields. RIC II 8; Cohen -. 2.38gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; B to left. RIC V 394; Pink VI/2, p. 23-4; Lyon 539. 4.17gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
