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LOT 3099
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 147-175.
Rome mint. Struck AD 161-175. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, between two children reaching up and holding two infants in her arms. RIC III 676 (Aurelius); BMCRE 89 (Aurelius and Verus); RSC 95. Good Very Fine. Minor deposits on both sides.(3.00gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Spink London, dealer's ticket included;
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with left hand and sacrificing over lighted altar with right; star in right field. RIC IV 271 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 79-80 (Elagabalus); RSC 45. 3.26gr, 19mm, 2h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 36-37. "Tribute Penny" type. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to left, holding long vertical sceptre and branch, on chair with ornamented legs above one exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Darkly toned.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
