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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Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,125
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079. Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included). -
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 248. 3rd officina. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, goat standing to left; III in exergue. RIC IV 224; RSC 72. 4.05gr, 22mm, 12h.
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): £26
Siscia mint. 1st officina. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / CONCORDIA MILIT, emperor standing right, clasping hand of Concordia; XXIP in exergue. RIC V 657 var. (legends). 2.99gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
