LOT 3403
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. Nice dark green patina.(3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS [AVG], radiate head to right / LIBERO P CONS A[VG], panther walking to left; B in exergue. RIC V.1 230 (sole reign); MIR 713b; RSC 586. 3.62gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 275. IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing to left, holding shield and spear. RIC V.1 69; MER-RIC 3267 (temporary). 3.91gr, 24mm, 12h.
Mint State. Flan crack at 4h. Original silvering fully intact. Attractively toned, struck in high relief.
Acquired from Mike Vosper, 20 May 2015; collector's ticket included. -
Constantius II, as Caesar AE 17mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £44
Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck under Constatine I, AD 324-325. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTAN-TIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above; SMANTS • below. RIC VII 60 corr. (bust type). 2.35gr, 17mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
