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LOT 3050
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 326-328. Thessalonica mint. 1sf officina.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena to right / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC VII 159. Very Fine.(3.09gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 140. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS II[I], bare head of Antoninus Pius to right / AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F COS•, bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. RIC III 415C; Cohen 21. 2.91gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 285. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and baton over globe at her feet to left; XXIΓ in exergue. RIC V.2 181. 3.59gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. 15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
