LOT 3720
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint.
2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust to left / Lupa Romana suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TR•S in exergue. RIC 542. Good Very Fine.(2.32gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-115. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Trajan's column, surmounted with statue of emperor; base ornamented by two eagles and bas-reliefs on pedestal. RIC II 356; BMCRE 565; Woytek 514v; RSC 284. 3.19gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 16; BMCRE 105; RSC 99a. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Hanniballianus AE 16mm. AD 336-337. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Uncertain officina. FL ANNIBALLIANO(sic) REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CON[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 147. 1.40gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
