LOT 2839
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. Good Fine.(9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Arelate mint; struck AD 319. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them shield inscribed VOT PR above altar; PARL in exergue. RIC VI 191; Cohen 636. 3.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 320. 5th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two captives seated flanking at base in attitude of mourning; S-F across upper fields, • TS • Є • in exergue. RIC VII 75. 3.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 265-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / MART-I PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding olive-branch with right hand, spear and shield with left; A in left field. RIC V.1 236 (sole reign); MIR 570a; RSC 617a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
