LOT 3811
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 330. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 48. Very Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. Struck AD 79. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. RIC II 246 (Vespasian); BMCRE 269 (Vespasian); RSC 393. 2.98gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE As. 15-10 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CAESAR • PONT [MAX], laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in her right hand and wreath in her left. RIC 230; BMC 550; Cohen 240. 9.43gr, 26mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). 3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
