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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Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. 2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Hanniballianus AE 16mm. AD 336-337. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Uncertain officina. FL ANNIBALLIANO(sic) REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CON[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 147. 1.40gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP TETRICVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 136. 2.39gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
