LOT 3604
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 149-152. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopia and raising skirt. RIC III 500b (Pius); BMCRE 1078 (Pius); RSC 44. Very Fine.(3.19gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Ticinum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines on altar inscribed C; S T in exergue. RIC VII 90. 3.11gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Possibly Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[DIVO CLAVDI]O, radiate head to right / [CO]NSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 1.47gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). 3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
