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LOT 3897
Group of Two [2] Helena and Fausta AE Coins. 3rd century AD.
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. Condition as shown.(5.88gr total, 19-20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Accompanied by a handwritten envelope.
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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
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Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above, SMANTA and pellet below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1340. 1.71gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging captive with her left; Christogram in field to left; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 86c (Constantinople). 1.69gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMKΒ in exergue. RIC 15. 3.81gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
