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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; TRS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 547. 2.13gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis to right / Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; P R across fields. RIC VIII 106; LRBC 612. 1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Gilt.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 335/7. Alexandria mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 71. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; (star)PL[C] in exergue. RIC VII 266. 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 326-328. Thessalonica mint. 1sf officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena to right / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC VII 159. 3.09gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, holding branch and raising robe; PTR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 465 (R4). 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Circa AD 337-340. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL IVL HE-LE[NAE AVG], diademed and mantled bust to right / [PAX] PVBLICA, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 55 (Treveri). 1.94gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S P across field, PLN in exergue. RIC 116; CT 8.09.021. 2.99gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1545. Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left with chlamys across shoulder and raised right hand, holding globe with left hand; S P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. 3.31gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321-322. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 230. 3.03gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. 5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.