LOT 3101
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. Extremely Fine.(3.03gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum upright on ground, gathering up dress with right hand; S C beneath PANN-O across fields. RIC II.3 2661 (PANNONIA). 14.16gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust to right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC II 332; Woytek 570v; BMCRE 627; RSC 191. 3.41gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LVNA LVCIF, Luna Lucifera walking to right, holding torch; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 609 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1665k; RSC 599. 4.33gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
