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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Anonymous Lead Tessera. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Fortuna standing to left, holding cornucopiae and rudder / DP. Rostowzew 2307; CNG e341, 333. 1.35g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 269. IMP C PI VICTORINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with the features of Marius / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.2 41 (Southern mint) & 126 (Uncertain mint). 4.11gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 306-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 308-310. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment; RBT in exergue. RIC VI 210. 6.18gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
