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LOT 2930
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-176. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENVS, Venus standing to left, holding dove and sceptre. RIC III 730 (Aurelius); RSC 255. Very Fine.(3.00gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince standing to left, holding globe and reversed spear, star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 227; C&T 7.07.020; RML 471. 4.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Claudius I AE As. AD 50-54. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head to left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, Libertas, draped, standing facing, head to right, holding pileus in right hand and with left outstretched; S C across fields. RIC I 113; BMCRE 204. 11.39gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol riding to left in quadriga, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. 3.80gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
