LOT 3621
Julia Domna, Augusta AR Denarius. Circa AD 198-200. Rome mint.
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Julia Domna to right / VENVS FELIX Venus standing to left, holding apple in outstretched right hand and drawing drapery with left. RIC IV 580; RSC 198. Near Very Fine.(2.67gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with left elbow on throne. RIC 14; BMC 99; Cohen 85. 3.17gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). 3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 131. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
