LOT 3119
Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS • II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). Good Very Fine. Dark cypress green patina.(12.98gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom UK private collection.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
London mint; struck AD 322-324. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, F B across field; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 247; C&T 9.06.019; RML 1088. 3.62gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CON-SERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 862. 4.49gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 364-378.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe to right and sceptre; TRPS• below. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. 2.01gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Deep iridescent toning. Flan crack at 5h. Double-struck on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
