LOT 3603
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-164. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and child. RIC 677 (Aurelius); RSC 99; BMCRE 92 (Aurelius). Very Fine.(3.26gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-375. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX within wreath; ALEΓ(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13a. 1.49gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; Δ in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. 2.75gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent out of patera. RIC V.1 (Gallienus) 88 var.; Cohen 105; MIR 1656h. 3.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
