LOT 3605
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-164. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing to right, holding sceptre and infant. RIC III 677 (Aurelius); BMCRE 91-95 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 99. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(3.43gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 2.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Incuse of CONCORDIA AVG, two standing figures / Incuse of CONSTANTINVS CAESAR SMANTA in four lines. For reverse cf. RIC VII 59 (reverse of Follis of Constantine II, as Caesar, Antioch). 3.89gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
