LOT 3648
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing facing, head to left, her legs crossed, holding long sceptre in her right hand and leaning her left elbow on column. RIC 151; Cohen 327. Very Fine.(4.84gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Constantius Gallus, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351-355. Constantinople mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier to left, holding shield and spearing fallen horseman to lower left, Γ • to left, CONSI in exergue. RIC VIII 107. 5.00gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe and lifting hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). 26.04gr, 35mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 318. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CRISPVS NOBIL CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus to right / PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding inverted spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; in field to left, T within wreath; R S in exergue. RIC 134. 3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
