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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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Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 15 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head to right / Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated to left on curule chair set on dais, extending his right hand toward two soldiers, each carrying parazonia and presenting laurel branches in their right hands; IMP • X in exergue. For prototype: RIC 165a; Lyon 13; RSC 133; BMCRE 445-6 = BMCRR Gaul 157-8; BN 1366-9. 2.98gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Faustina II AE As. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right / [PVDICITIA], Pudicitia seated to left, holding veil with right hand; in field, S C. RIC 1381; Cohen 186. 11.37gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 295-296. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRT-VS AVG, galley to left, with Victory to left amid ships; QL in exergue. RIC V.2 58; Burnett 107; Webb 94. 1.52gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
