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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Struck under Carinus, May-June AD 284. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. 3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE As. AD 98-99. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES NERVA TRAI-AN AVG GERM P M, laureate head to right / TR POT COS II P P, Victory flying to left, holding palm and shield inscribed S P Q R; S C across fields. RIC II 402; Cohen 617. 11.55gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
