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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Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing to left, holding grounded shield and spear; star in right field. RIC IV 187; RSC 135a. 3.10gr, 21mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
From Besançon Numismatique, 28 April 2015. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 274. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. RIC V.2 126. 3.08gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
