LOT 3721
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 326. Rome mint.
3rd officina. FL MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REI PVBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two children; R(wreath)T in exergue. RIC VII 293. Good Very Fine.(2.84gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Hadrian AE As. AD 118. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS [II?]; aquila between two signa; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.3 157. 9.06gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pleasant olive green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[...]TETRICVS CAVS (sic), radiate and draped bust to right / SA[...] PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 272-274 (CAES/SPES). 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA P R, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC I 90; BMCRE 20; RSC 18. 3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
