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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Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint. Draped bust of Venus to right, wearing stephane / Dove standing to right; S C below. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. 2.41gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maxentius AE Quarter Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 310-312. MAXENTI-VS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VOT • Q • Q MVL X, legend in four lines within wreath. RIC VI 281a. 2.10gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 304, 20 June 2024, lot 757 (company's ticket included). -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name and types of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / FIDES [E]QVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 378. 3.03gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
