LOT 3100
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(2.60gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]RICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [...]TAS AVG[...], pontifical implements. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 255 & 258. 2.06gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Arelate mint; struck AD 319. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them shield inscribed VOT PR above altar; PARL in exergue. RIC VI 191; Cohen 636. 3.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
Rome mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle with left hand / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated in hexastyle temple holding Victory in right hand and sceptre with left; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239 & 1104; MPR 484. 3.68gr, 23mm, 11h.
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Much silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
