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LOT 2932
Faustina II AE As. AD 161. Rome mint.
FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right / [PVDICITIA], Pudicitia seated to left, holding veil with right hand; in field, S C. RIC 1381; Cohen 186. Good Fine.(11.37gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Septimius Severus AE Sestertius. AD 195-196. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII, laureate head to right / [P M T]R P III COS II [P P], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 706; BMCRE 580 (Wars of the Succession). 21.42gr, 31mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck AD 148-149. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius in her right hand and anchor in her left. RIC 175; Cohen 284. 3.58gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis to right / Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; P R across fields. RIC VIII 106; LRBC 612. 1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Gilt.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
