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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Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P V COS II P P, Apollo seated to left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 89; RSC 261. 4.63gr, 22mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, gentleman 1980-2000s. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 260-262. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
8th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right on crescent / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing to left, holding helmet and sceptre, shield at foot. H in right field. RIC V.1, 31. 2.82gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of [CONSTANTI]-NVS MAX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Incus of PROVIDEN-[TIAE AVGG?], camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above. 4.78gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
