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LOT 2931
Faustina II AE Sestertius. Struck circa AD 161-164. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; at feet to left, peacock standing to left, head to right; S C across fields. BMC 922; Cohen 142; MIR 19-6/b; RIC -, cf. 1651 (no diadem). Good Very Fine.(25.08gr, 33mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC V.2 109 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.04gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. Circa AD 295. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia, B in right field; (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 90b. 9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; (star)PL[C] in exergue. RIC VII 266. 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
