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LOT 3047
City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
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. Good Fine. Gilt.(1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 285. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and baton over globe at her feet to left; XXIΓ in exergue. RIC V.2 181. 3.59gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 190. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Pax seated to left on curule chair, holding branch and caduceus. RIC 210; RSC 555. 2.12gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Gitbud Numismatik. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
