LOT 3399
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. Near Extremely Fine.(2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck circa AD 291-292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 98. 2.69gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE, Sol standing to left, holding globe and raising hand; F T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 147. 3.51gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 321-322. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X • in four lines; T T in exergue. RIC VII 164 (r4). 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
