LOT 3771
Leo I AE 10mm. AD 457-474. Uncertain mint.
[D] N LEO P F [AVG], pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right, within wreath. RIC X 674 ff. Very Fine.(1.33gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1619.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER-NITAS, Pietas standing to left by altar, raising right hand and holding box of incense with left. RIC III 1161 (Pius) var. (DIVA FAVSTINA). 10.41gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius II, as Caesar, AE 19mm. AD 324-325. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR, legend in three lines; star above, SMANTΔ • below. RIC VII 60. 1.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Vey Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 326. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
3rd officina. FL MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REI PVBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two children; R(wreath)T in exergue. RIC VII 293. 2.84gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
