LOT 3569
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Struck under Hadrian, AD 119-120 (and later). Rome mint. Consecration issue.
DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. Very Fine. Toned. Rare.(2.84gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, France.
Private European collection.
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LOT 3569
Diva Matidia AR Denarius.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Theodosius I AE 13mm. AD 379-395. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N] THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI [...], Victory advancing to left, head to right, holding trophy and dragging captive behind; in field to left Christogram; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 65b (Thessalonica). 1.74gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Incuse of CONCORDIA AVG, two standing figures / Incuse of CONSTANTINVS CAESAR SMANTA in four lines. For reverse cf. RIC VII 59 (reverse of Follis of Constantine II, as Caesar, Antioch). 3.89gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377 (Postumus); RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. 2.47gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
