LOT 3810
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 131. Near Extremely Fine.(2.77gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Claudius AR Denarius. AD 41-54. Apparently Romano-British imitation of the Rome mint issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
TI CLAVD • CAES[...], laureate head to right / [...] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing to right, holding caduceus; at feet, serpent. Cf. RIC I 10. 2.94gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Tendring, Essex. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278-279. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two standards; III in exergue. RIC V.2 80. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Half-Maiorina. AD 351-355. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, helmeted soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman leaning over horse with head turned to look back and reaching up, SMNB in exergue. RIC 96; LRBC 2309. 2.52gr, 19mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark green patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
