LOT 3390
Roman Imperial AE Sestertii Group [10]. 1st-2nd century AD.
Group comprising: various issues and reverse types including those of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina Senior, and Faustina Junior. 'As Found' Condition.(162gr total, 29-32mm). [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. Struck AD 161-175. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, between two children reaching up and holding two infants in her arms. RIC III 676 (Aurelius); BMCRE 89 (Aurelius and Verus); RSC 95. 3.00gr, 18mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Minor deposits on both sides.
Ex Spink London, dealer's ticket included; Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 268. 1st officina. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing to left, raising his right hand and holding whip with left; P in left field. RIC V.2, 316 note (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 213d. 2.84gr, 21mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 36-37. "Tribute Penny" type. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to left, holding long vertical sceptre and branch, on chair with ornamented legs above one exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Darkly toned.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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