LOT 3397
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 335.
Antioch mint. 10th officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; SMANI in exergue. RIC VII 92; LRBC 1360. Extremely Fine.(2.41gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexanader AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing to left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 148; RSC 108a. 3.00gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 9h. Struck on a broad flan.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-247. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield at side. RIC IV 44; RSC 169. 3.66gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle, and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding globe; KAB in exergue. RIC V.2 862; Pink VI/1 p. 45. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
