LOT 3158
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.(3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included).
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield; BSIS in exergue. RIC VII 224. 2.02gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 179; RSC 70. 3.64gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Arelate mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st officina. IMP CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSTANTINI AVG around VOTIS XX; PA in exergue. RIC VII 216. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
