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Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. 2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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. -
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 131. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 330. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 48. 1.79gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. 1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; SMKB in exergue. RIC VII 28. 2.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive olive-green patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT • X in two lines within wreath; •AQS•. in exergue. RIC VII 97. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 318. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CRISPVS NOBIL CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus to right / PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding inverted spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; in field to left, T within wreath; R S in exergue. RIC 134. 3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; C R across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC 166. 3.16gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Delmatius as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 335-337. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL DELMA TIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, standard between two soldiers, SMANI in exergue. RIC 112. 1.37gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; K in left field, S over P in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 103. 5.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 4.45gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Scratches on obverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Including two old coin tickets.