LOT 3398
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333.
Siscia 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; BSIS in exergue. RIC VII 224. Good Very Fine.(2.02gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 21.79gr total.
Near Very Fine.
Found individually on a Roman lead-mine site near Ilam, Derbyshire, in the 1990s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 15. 3.85gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantius II, as Caesar AE 18mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 324-325. 4th officina. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / ✷ CONSTANTI•VS CAESAR SMANTΔ • in six lines. RIC VII 60. 2.74gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
