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 II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC 661 var. (bust); probuscoins.fr 4140. 3.86gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Titus AE As. AD 80. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, laureate head to right / VICTORIA AVGVST, Nike standing to right on prow, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC 248; BMC 217; Cohen 368. 12.03gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
