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LOT 3603
Group of Six [6] Roman AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. Condition as seen.(74gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua. -
Faustina II AE Sestertius. Struck circa AD 161-164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; at feet to left, peacock standing to left, head to right; S C across fields. BMC 922; Cohen 142; MIR 19-6/b; RIC -, cf. 1651 (no diadem). 25.08gr, 33mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
