LOT 3652
Balbinus AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MVTVA AVGG, clasped right hands. RIC IV 11; BMCRE 71-73; RSC 6. Near Extremely Fine. Toned.(4.46gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
2nd(?) officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX, written in three lines, surmounted by globe, three stars above; [S?]TR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with dark green deposits.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP TETRICVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 136. 2.39gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Julia Paula, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck under Elagabalus. IVLIA PAVLA, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia seated to left, holding patera; star in left field. RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); RSC 6a. 2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
