LOT 3329
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. Extremely Fine. Lovely olive-green patina.(3.05gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 3 March 2004.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Rome mint; struck AD 132-134. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped bust to left / CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P, Clementia standing to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC II.3 206. 3.39gr, 18mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Darkly toned. Rare with left facing bust.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome mint. Struck AD 171-172. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right; drapery on far shoulder / IMP VI COS III, Roma, helmeted, seated to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear in her left; shield by her side decorated with Medusa's head (?); S C across fields. RIC III, - (cf. 1033, no drapery); BMCRE - (cf. 1416, same). 27.19 gr, 30mm, 1h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Nice olive green patina. Unpublished variant in the major references.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-271. 5th officina. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 526; Elmer 682; AGK 14b. 3.43gr, 20mm, 12
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
