Very Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at base of trophy; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 251; Cohen 172. 3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. 3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Constantine's I Nephew Hanniballianus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336-337. 6th officina. FL HANIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034. 1.28gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Flavius Claudius Hanniballianus was a nephew of Constantine I the Great, and brother of Delmatius. He was called Nobilissimus by his uncle, who appointed him prefect of Cappadocia and Armenia, which provinces he governed with the title of King, AD 335 until he was killed by soldiers of Constantius II, AD 337.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 320. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, two Victories standing, holding shield supported by column inscribed VOT P R in two lines; back to back captives between P-L in exergue. RIC VII 82. 3.61gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Rome mint; struck AD 314-315. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; R over X in left field, F in right field; R P in exergue. RIC VII 30. 3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q(?) below. RIC 235. 3.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and mappa in his left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT X; bound captive seated to left and right; S F HL(ligate) across fields; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 125 (bust type). 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q below. RIC 235. 2.95gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 323. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT X in two lines within laurel wreath; PLGC in exergue. RIC VII 218. 3.71gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Dark brown glossy patina. High-relief.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Splendid Example of a Very Rare Type
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in two lines within wreath; •AQT• below. RIC VII 95 corr. (obv. legend); Bikic-Do hoard, Sirmium VIII Aquileia 401-409; Sear 17170. 3.94gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. A splendid example of a very rare type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 317-320. 2nd officina. D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust to left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right / [P]ROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victory on globe with right hand and leaning on sceptre with left; palm branch in left field, pellet over B in right; SMN in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.