LOT 3579
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 128-134. Rome mint.
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.(3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255.
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Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Incuse of CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / Incuse of IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; palm in left field, Z in right, SMN in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC VII 101 (obverse of Nummus of Constantine I, Thessalonica); for reverse cf. (reverse of Nummus of Licinius I, Nicomedia). 4.63gr, 27mm, 3h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-335. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; above, two stars and three pellets; SMNS in exergue. RIC 195. 2.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
